Memorial

Cabrach

Cabrach Parish Church WW1 and WW2 War Memorial

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Current Location

On the right hand side of a minor road that forks right off the A941, Cabrach Parish Church, Cabrach, Banff And Buchan, Grampian, AB5 4HQ, Scotland

NJ 38640 26800

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 78807
Description: Brass plaque in wood frame on inside wall of church. Inscription top and bottom of frame. Plaque includes WW1 and WW2 names.
Inscription: Top of frame: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF CABRACH WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (names) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" Bottom of frame: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 17
Died: 17
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, home, battalion, regiment, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, home, regiment, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Date of death

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

CABRACH HONOURS ITS WAR HEROES UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON'S ADDRESS Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 06 June 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19210606/032/0003 The names of the fallen are as follows:- Cpl. Norman John Robertson, Lower Schoolhouse, 4th Gordons; Lance-Cpl. James Smart, Badchier, 5th Gordons; Ptes. Wm. Douglas, Buck, 6th Gordons; Alexander Clark, Howbog, do.; Peter Clark, do.; Peter Gordon, Bowmans, do.; James Crampshee, Largue, 3rd Gordons; Wm. Hendry, Ardwell, 4th Gordons; Robert M'lntosh Duncan, Whitehallock, 5th Gordons; William James Donald, Bridgend, Ist Gordons; Alexander M'Conachie. Broomknowes, A.D.C.; Thomas Dow Simpson, Elrick, Black Watch; Piper John G. M'Grimmond, Balloch, 2nd Gordon; Rfm. John Gordon, .Auchmoir, 4thNew Zealand R.B.; Trooper Alexander Watt, Ardwell, New Zealand M.R.; John W. Innes. Hillhead, H.M.S. Vivid; Wireless Operator William Taylor, Bridgend.