Memorial

Sheuchan Parish Church

Window 1

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Current Location

The High Kirk, Leswalt High Road, Stranraer, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, DG9 0AA, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NX 05581 60885

Denomination

Church of Scotland

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 57154
Description: Two concave headed stained glass windows with figures in each light. Framed and glazed illuminated dedicatory roll of honour placed nearby. Each window shows a biblical scene in the centre with saintly figures above and below. There is a wooden crucifix on the wall between the two windows. Dedicatory parchment has the dedication in blue and gold lettering. The names are set out in four columns, with the Army heading over three of them and the Navy over one. The capital letters of the names are in red. There is a decorative intertwined border in gold around the lettering.
Inscription: Base of the left window: FOR WITH THE JEOPARDY OF THEIR LIVES THEY BROUGHT IT. Base of the right window: WHERE SOEVER THE GOSPEL SHALL BE PREACHED BE TOLD FOR A MEMORIAL. Board: SHEUCHAN PARISH CHURCH/ "WE WHO REMEMBER THEM GIVE GOD THANKS FOR THEM"/ THE WINDOWS IN THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH ARE PLACED THERE BY THE/ MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THEIR NUMBER WHO/ WENT FROM THEIR MIDST DURING THE WAR 1914-18 TO RETURN NO MORE./ NAVY ARMY ARMY ARMY/ (Names)/ "LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTON"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 38
Died: 38
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of names: service THEN regiment THEN rank THEN surname

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, service
Order of names: surname

History

Sponsor Type: other

Conservation

Components

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

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Sheuchan Parish Church

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Sheuchan Parish Church

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

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