Memorial

Thornwood Mission Church

The Memorial

Source: Copyright Alasdair Fergus (WMO268479)

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Current Location

Viewpark Parish Church, 400, Old Edinburgh Road, Uddingston, Hamilton, G71 6HS, Scotland

NS 70196 61547

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 90195
Description: Brass Plaque in a wooden frame
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND/IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE /REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN/OF THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 3 columns]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED/[names in 4 columns]

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Hamilton Advertiser 26 February 1929 page 5
Various mission stations existed at Aitkenhead, Nackerty, Newlands, Tannochside and Thornwood, the earliest meeting in Nackerty Scool being in 1866. Bothwell Parish Church of Scotland, Park Parish Church and Bellshill Free Church became associated with the growth of Churches from the various mission stations. Thornwood Church was opened on 24 September 1893, Bothwellpark Free Church in 1896 and Aitkenhead United Free Church in 1905. In 1933 Thornwood, Aitkenhead and Bothwellpark united to form Viewpark Parish Church. The Church as it is now along with the Small Hall was the former Thornwood Church and Hall http://viewparkparishchurch.org.uk/kirk/history/