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    Memorial

    Mossgreen

    Source: Copyright Leslie Mitchell

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    Current Location

    At the top of the steps to the now demolished Parish Church, Coaledge, Coaledge, Dunfermline, Fife, KY4 8HB, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 15366 88702

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    5723
    Description
    Obelisk surmounted by a passion cross with tablets bearing inscription positioned on all faces. Memorial is set upon a stone base, with four cornerstones built diagonally on the base. Earlier images show white tablets with black lettering, later images are black tablets with white lettering.
    Inscription
    South face: PARISH OF MOSSGREEN/ EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1918/ "To the fallen"/ "The name liveth for evermore" East face: BLACK WATCH/ (Names) West face: CAMERON HLDRS/ (Names)/ SEAFORTH HLDRS/ (Names)/ HIGHLAND L I/ (Names)/ ROYAL SCOTS/ (Names) North face: R A M C/ (Names)/ SCOTS GUARDS/ (Names)/ K O S B/ (Names)/ M G C/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    79
    Died
    79
    Information shown
    Rank, forenames, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    regiment THEN rank THEN surname
    Maker(s)
    • Mr H Motion, Dunfermline, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    22 May 1920

    Lady Dorothy Hope Morley

    Custodian
    Fife Regional Council

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 3600 mm

    Width: 1200 mm

    Depth: 1200 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Marble - Black


    Condition: Good


    • The Scotsman 24 May 1920. WAR MEMORIALS UNVEILING AT MOSSGREEN.— There was unveilied on Saturday at Mossgreen, Fife, a memorial to the men in the ecclesiastical parish of Mossgreen who fell in the war. Bearing the names of 79 men, the memorial is in the form of an obelisk set upon a stone base, with four cornerstones built diagonally on the base. At the unveiling ceremony, which was performed by Lady Dorothy Hope Morley, daughter of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, there was a large assembly of the parishioners. The Rev. A. J. Kesting, minister of the parish, presided. An address was given by the Earl of Buckinghamshire.
    • Dunfermline Journal, 29 May 1920 - Account of unveiling
    • Scottish War Memorials Project http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic2786.html
    • Carter Postcard Collection UL1