War Memorials in Falkirk's Churches by Falkirk Leisure & Culture

A SILENT YET SPEAKING WITNESS

War Memorials in churches, schools, works and other public buildings

In 2014 and for the following five years we will be commemorating the events associated with the First World War. The ramifications of the war were immense and are still reflected in modern society. There are still tangible physical markers to the devastation reaped on the population of the Falkirk district – memorials that were designed to remind us of the cost in human lives and suffering. War memorials were erected in every town and village in prominent, often tranquil, locations. These form the focus of communal remembrance. The men and women who served during the war were often members of smaller close-knit groups, such as churches, clubs or works. These too were concerned to preserve the memory of the contribution made to the great fight for liberty and freedom. The memorials tend to be smaller in scale, and offer a greater diversity in form. They range from bronze or stone plaques, to iron gates, stained glass windows, beds in hospitals, paper scrolls, books and furniture such as tables. They are generally less accessible than the village memorials and so we hope that by bringing them together in this inventory we can highlight their role in the community’s expiation of the horrors of war. Second World War memorials have been included as part of the same project. The work of collecting and collating the information is being undertaken by Geoff Bailey, Keeper of Archaeology & Local History, based in Callendar House. At this stage it is a “work in progress” and we would welcome help from the public. If you are able to contribute to the material we would be pleased to hear from you – contact geoff.bailey@falkirkcommunitytrust.org We have also been in touch with groups, such as Falkirk Old and St Modan’s Church, and Larbert Church, who are compiling information about the people on these memorials. This is a lengthy process and may take several years. The individuals listed on the memorials were not just names and so we hope to be able to incorporate this additional information into the records over the coming years. The website will be updated at regular intervals to keep everyone informed of the progress of the work.

The inventory has been laid out more or less according to the old parishes, that is: Bo’ness – Carriden Parish Church, St Andrew’s Church, Bo’ness Old Church, Craigmailen Church Bothkennar – Bothkennar Parish Church, Denny – St Alexander’s Church, Dunipace Parish Church, Dunipace UF Church, Bonnybridge Parish Church, Carrongrove Paper mill. Falkirk – Falkirk Old & St Modan’s, Christ Church, EU Church, Grahams Rd Church, Falkirk West Church, Erskine Church, St James Church, Irving Church (& St John’s Camelon), Falkirk Masonic Temple, Falkirk Infirmary, Falkirk High School, Falkirk Iron Works, Laurieston School, St Andrew’s Church, Carmuirs merchant Navy, etc Grangemouth – Kerse Church, Grangemouth West Church, Charing cross Church, Muirhead’s Woodyard, Grangemouth Rachabite Hall 1

Larbert – Larbert parish Church, Stenhouse Parish Church, Carron Church, Tryst Golf Club Muiravonside – Polmont – Polmont Old Church, Wallacestone Methodist Church, Redding Church Slamannan – Heroes’ Park Red lettering reflects work still to be done or checked.

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BO’NESS. Carriden Parish Church (SMR287) A white marble plaque with raised centre and brass ovolo frame. It rests on an oak shelf on the wall of the north aisle. There is a wooden panel between it and the shelf bearing a stanza from Binyon’s Ode of Remembrance: “THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD:/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.” The upper section of the marble plaque has a colourful central panel depicting St George slaying the dragon. To the left of this is a small bronze plaque with “IHS” and to the right “AΩ”. Below these in gold lettering is “+ TO THE GLORY OF GOD + IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT/ WAR + MCMXIV – MCMXVIII.” Finally there is a large bronze panel bearing the names of the soldiers. names There are two stained glass memorial windows from the Second World War. Beside these a small brass-plated plaque reads “THESE MEMORIAL WINDOWS ARE ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR MCMXXXIX – MCMXLVI.” [three columns of names]. (1) The baby Jesus is shown in a manger in the stable with Mary kneeling in prayer to the right and Joseph standing carrying a staff. Three shepherds descend the hill in the background with two winged angels above and a star at the top with the word “Alpha”. At the bottom of the widow it reads “To the Glory/ of God”. This window was erected by Rev. William Dundas for his wife Harriet and infant daughter May. (2) Red-robed Jesus ascending with a winged angel behind. Three disciples look up from the foreground with an open book on the bottom right. Above all is the word “Omega”.

St Andrew’s Church (SMR296)

The war memorial at St Andrew’s takes the form of a stained glass window set in the north gable. This is a large 5-light window over the gallery. The central light is the widest and shares the same scene as those immediately to either side depicting a seated Christ on a small grassy knoll with children at his feet and people around the sides. He is dressed in a red robe with his left armed raised. This represents the Sermon on the Mount and amongst the listeners is a Roman soldier. The left-hand light has a pointed arch and shows a man in blue robes beside a diagonal wooden cross, he has a book in his left hand and his head is haloed. His name is written below “S. Andrew” together with his symbol of the red lion. The right-hand light contains a saint in plate armour and a yellow skirt, a sword in his right hand, identified as “Michael” with weighing scales. The small tracery openings at the top of the window have, from left to right – alpha; a thistle; the red lion rampant of Scotland on the yellow background; a unicorn facing right; a crown over a helm over the Scottish shield; a unicorn facing left; the Scottish saltire flag; a thistle; omega. Towards the bottom is a panel with “Greater love hath no man than this ROBERT N BROWN. ROBERT W DOTT. ALEXANDER GRANT JOHN HASTINGS. ROBERT LEISHMAN. SAMUEL C MCGREGOR. MATTHEW PAUL.

JAMES M RHYNAS. JOHN E.K. M MACKAY. ALEXANDER VALENTINE. THOMAS MCLAREN. .ANDREW WRIGHT. MALCOLM PAUL. JOHN BUCHANAN. THOMAS SIMPSON. ALEXANDER GRANT. WILLIAM WALLACE. WILLIAM C GRANT. JOSIAH B. WEST. ALEXANDER M.B. HARLEY. JAMES CLARK.

DAVID GRANT. RICHARD W. HAMILTON. THOMAS LEISHMAN. JAMES A.MCKAY. HUGH ORR. JOHN ROBERTSON. JOHN STANLEY.

In memory of members and adherents of this congregation who gave their lives in the great war.” The Falkirk Herald report of 2 August 1919 suggests that this window was made by Oscar Paterson & Co, 216 Bath Street, Glasgow, at a cost of £299. It was unveiled on 16 October 1920 with ministers Barnett, Falconer and Alexander officiating. After the Second World War a loudspeaker/amplifier system was installed to replace the church bell as a memorial to those members of the congregation who had died in that conflict. In addition a bronze plaque with the names of those killed in both wars was commissioned – 28 in the Great War and 8 in the Second. This is now on one of the columns of the chancel arch. It is a modern upright 5

rectangular oak panel with cut corners and arched top containing the bronze plaque. The arch is decorated with thistles and a saltire. Carved on the wooden frame is “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN TWO WARS”. The names then appear on the brass panel. The first section is headed “1914-1918/ NORTH WINDOW” and repeats the names given above. The second section is “1939-1945/ CHIMING INSTALLATION/ ANDREW LAPSLEY/ WM. HASTINGS/ T.G. LEISHMAN/ R. NELSON/ ANDREW R. GRAY/ JOHN GRANT/ WILLIAM E. FOOT” There are also two rolls of honour for the men and women of the congregation who served in the wars. Both hang on the east wall. That for the First World War is in a plain wooden frame and the word “killed” has been added in red ink next to those who died. That for the Second World War includes a panel for those killed. This is a colourful piece of paper set in a simple wooden frame, the top of which is fretted with a saltire set in a shield. It was the work of David Clark, the session clerk.

Bo’ness Old Parish Church (SMR284)

The war memorial in this church takes the form of stained glass windows. Those for the First World War are in the east aisle: (1) A knight (St George) in plate armour with chain mail detailing holds an upright lance in his right hand and an elongated triangular shield bearing the cross of St George in his left. He has a blue cloak and yellow locks of hair protrude from under his helm. The lance rests on brown earth studded with plants. A purple-winged angle looks down from above with a ribbon bearing the words “PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD”. The scroll at the foot reads “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH/ WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE WAR 1914-1919”. (2) The knight of (3) is seen getting up off his back with his left hand pushing against the earth and his right raised for assistance. He is bathed in a bright light that has given a pale blue hue to the armour and greyed his hair. This light emanates from a pink-winged angel, who stand above him with a laurel wreath in its left hand and its right hand stretched towards that of the knight. Above the angel is a ribbon “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND/ I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE”. Below the knight his sword lies on the earth and a scroll reads “THESE WINDOWS ARE PLACE HERE/ BY THE CONGREGATION AND FRIENDS” Those for the Second World War are in the west aisle: (3) An airman dressed in thick boots, gloves, helmet, goggles, etc, stands in front of his aeroplane with a piece of paper in his left hand. Searchlight beams intersect the blue sky behind and stars dot the upper area. Above and surrounding his head is the winged logo of the RAF with a roundel bearing the Latin motto “PER AR DUA AD ATRA”. At his feet are the words (carried over from (4) “THEY/ WERE/ STRONGER/ THAN/ LIONS/ OF THE ROYAL/ AIR FORCE AND THE/ AIRMEN OF THIS/ PARISH & CONGREGATION/”. (4) St George stands with a pink-bladed sword in his right hand and an upright spear in his left. He is wearing plate armour and a white robe sporting Christian crosses. At his feet is an abject green dragon and to either side of his shoulders a white eagle, with prominent yellow beaks, swoops down. Above him is a heraldic lion. His feet rest on a roundel containing a flying plane caught in the beams of searchlights. An interlaced ribbon reads “THEY WERE/ SWIFTER THAN/ EAGLES” and continues “TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND/ A TRIBUTE TO/ THE VALOUR”.

An oak cupboard/altar with sliding front doors stands against the east wall. The central door contains two rectangular brass plaques. Carved in the wood is “IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GACE THEIR LIVES/ 1939/ 1945/ AD MAJORUM DEI GLORIUM”. The plaques have the names: GEORGE ALLAN HENRY MCE ANDERSON GEORGE BALLANTYNE JAMES BELL HUGH BERNARD JAMES M BRECHIN DAVID BURNETT JAMES DENHOLM JAMES FERGUSON ROBERT FORBES JAMES GRANT JOHN GRANT GEORGE GRAY WILLIAM HANNAH ROBERT HEGGIE JAMES HENDERSON PETER JAMES INNES ALEXANDER KENNEDY BARBARA KIRKWOOD JOHN LAPSLEY

THOMAS LAPSLEY GAVIN MARSHALL WILLIAM M’BETH JOHN MCGILLIVRAY THOMAS M’NEILL ARCHIBALD MEIKLE JAMES G MURRAY WALTER NEWTON DANIEL NIMMO PETER MCL PARK PETER POW JOHN ROBERTSON WILLIAM M SCULLION JAMES SIMPSON MATTHEW STEWART WILLIAM G STEWART WILLIAM WALLACE DAVID WARDROPE JOHN WHITE

Craigmailen Church (SMR294) A rectangular brass plaque attached to the east wall: “1939 1945/ SURGEON LIEUT. ROBERT TROUP RNVR/ CAPTAIN WILLIAM BELL INDIAN ARMY/ L/CPL. ALEX. DEAS ROYAL ENGINEERS/ PTE. DAVID BOWIE BELL ROYAL SCOTS/ PTE. NEIL LIVINGSTONE CAMERONIANS/ F/O. JAMES ALAN ROBERTSON RAF/ IN REMEMBRANCE”

BOTHKENNAR Bothkennar Parish Church (SMR253) The memorial is placed in the wall to the west of the pulpit and takes the form of a large rectangular brass plate let into a broad corniced oak frame. The lettering and decoration on the brass is inlaid in black. The border is a simple geometric Celtic interlace. At the top is an angelic figure holding a laurel wreath, and below “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/”. Beneath the names are the words in red – “DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.” The names number forty, and are as follows:JAMES ADAMSON R.F.A. ROBERT BAILLIE R.F.A. ALEXANDER BAIRD K.O.S.B. ALEXANDER BUIST A. & S.H. ROBERT CARMICHAEL R.E. THOMAS COWAN R.S. PETER DAVIE BLACK WATCH EDWARD EASTON A. & S.H. WILLIAM FORSYTH CANADIANS DAVID HUSKIE R.F.A. JAMES HUSKIE A. & S.H. THOMAS JARDINE R.S. ALEXANDER KEMP A. & S.H. DANIEL KEMP R.N.D. DAVID LAING GORDONS THOMAS LAING SEAFORTHS ADAM LAIRD A. & S.H. JOHN LAIRD R.S.F. MALCOLM LAIRD A. & S.H. HENRY MILLAR SEAFORTHS

WILLIAM MURDOCH ALEXANDER McCULLOCH ROBERT McCULLOCH ROBERT McCULLOCH WILLIAM McGREGOR ANDREW McKENDRICK DAVID McLUCKIE JOHN McLUCKIE JAMES PENMAN PETER PENMAN JAMES PROVAN ALEXANDER RAE PETER RAE JOHN SIM WILLIAM STIRLING JAMES STODDART GEORGE WALLACE JOHN WATSON WILLIAM WAUGH DAVID WILSON

R.E. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. BLACK WATCH K.O.S.B. K.O.S.B. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. K.O.S.B. CAMERONS M.G.C. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. R.N.D. R.N.D. K.O.S.B. R.N.D.

The memorial was unveiled by Rev. Mr Farish in October 1920, the congregation rising to its feet and remaining standing for the space of one minute, ex-Servicemen standing to attention. It was viewed after the service by the relatives of the fallen.

DENNY St Alexander’s Church (SMR1467) The memorials in St Alexander’s Church take the form of an altar and three stained glass windows. The altar was designed by Mr J. Menart, Glasgow, using Belgian, Serbian, and Italian marble. From the base to the highest point it measures 17 feet, while the maximum breadth is 10 feet. The marble was brought in sections from Belgium and fitting into position under Charles Stirling, assisted by several willing helpers from the congregation. At the altar rails, on the gospel side, is a marble slab containing the names, thirty-five in all of the young men of the congregation who were killed or died on service in the war. The names are as follows:Arthur Grant, Patrick NcNeil, Lawrence Hannan, Patrick Murphy, Frank Mitchell, John Coyle, Joseph Coyle, Charles A. Hamill, Joseph McNeil, Thomas Conroy, Edward O'Hanlon, John McCulloch, John McGeachie, Patrick Sweeney, John McCann, Patrick Collins, Owen Boyle, James Boyle, Michael Murray, Dennis Curran, Wm. Brophy, John Mullen, Henry Madden, Michael McVicar, Jas. Kelly, Patrick McGrorty, James Coyle, James Dunnigan, John Higgins, Felix MClaughlan, Edward Sinclair, John McGlade, Patrick McAteer, Christopher Scally, William Cannon. At the top and foot of the slab are suitable inscriptions, the whole being cut out in gold lettering. At the opposite side of the altar rails is another marble slab, similar in design, on which is given the deceased pastors of the congregation of the parish, as follows:Rev. John McDonald, died 29th January 1866, age 52; Right Rev. Mgr. Robert Clapperton, died 26th September, 1906, age 75; Rev. Peter Ward; Very Rev. Wm. Canon O'Neill. died 8th September 1908, age 57; Very Rev. Jos. Canon Hannan, died 27th May 1903, aged 52; Very Rev. Ptk. Canon Shivers, died 12th October 1916, age 59. The three new stained glass windows are a tribute from the children of the congregation. Two of these windows are Gothic, one on each side of the altar, showing St Alexander and St Patrick respectively. The third is circular, depicting the crucifixion, and it has been artistically worked into the design of the altar. It is understood that the total cost of the memorials exceeds £1000. The altar was unveiled in August 1921 and dedicated by Father Giles. The choir gave a rendering of the Mass of St Cecilia.

Denny Parish Church (SMR424) A white marble plaque set in a relatively plain and pure veined frame with slight pediment and chamfered sides. This is fixed to the wall in the entrance lobby opposite to the main doors. “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-19./ LIEUT. A.M. NEISH M.C., A.&S.H. PTE. J. BLAIKIE “ SIGR. C. BENNIE “ PTE. J. CLEMENT “

SGT. R. HILLHOUSE, MAC. GUN CORPS. PTE. W. BAIL “ STAFF SGT, R.A. LOCHHEAD, R.F.A. CPL. J. F. KAY, R.F.A.

“ P. CLEMENT “ “ G.CUMMING, ROYAL HLDS. “ A. LORIMER “ PTE. A. LORIMER “ “ J. Mc. L. NELSON “ L.CPL. J. NEILSON, R.MUN.FUS. “ A. NEILSON “ H.M. L.I. BRYSON, ROYAL NAVY PTE. J. FORFAR, CAM. HLDS H.M. G.D. LOCHHEAD “ “ H. WALKER - A.B. A. MACKENZIE “ “ D. HALKETT, COLD. GDS PTE. C. HERMISTON, ROYAL SCOTS “ J. SCOTT, EAST. LANCS. “ R. SMITH “ “ J. DONALDSON, GORD. HLDS. CPL. A. WATTERS “ “ A. DUGUILD “ PTE. T. SCOTT, R. WEST KENTS “ W. GILLESPIE “ “ J. DYER, SEA. HLDS. “ D. DONALDSON “ “ A. MOCHRIE “ “ J. STEWART “ “ T. SMITH “ “ D. ANDERSON, GREN. GDS. “ A. MARSHALL, SCOTS GDS. “IN THE SIGHT OF THE UNWISE THEY SEEMED TO DIE BUT/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

Dunipace Parish Church (Denovan) (SMR1751) In commemoration of the fifty-five men of the parish of Dunipace who fell in the war, the Celtic Cross erected near the main gateway to Dunipace Parish Church was unveiled and dedicated in July 1921. When the congregation first considered the erection of a memorial, it was intended only for members of the church who made the supreme sacrifice, but later it was decided to include the men of the parish irrespective of creed or denomination. Designed by Mr. P. McGregor Chalmers, LL.D., Glasgow, and executed by Messrs Wm. Roberts and Son, sculptors, Falkirk, the cross is of Creetown stone, and the cairn is of whinstone from Northfield Quarry. Set in the cairn is a bronze plaque, the work of the Carron Company, containing the names of the men and their regiments, arranged alphabetically. Sitting amidst the sylvan surroundings of the ancient church, the whole formed an impressive tribute to the glorious dead. It was moved to Dunipace UF Church c1990. The service in the church was conducted by Rev. John Fairley, assisted by Rev. C.I. Jeans, at the conclusion of which the unveiling ceremony was performed by the Duke of Montrose by lifting the Bible which held in position the large Union Jack that covered the names. The silence that followed the falling of the flag was broken by the playing of the "Lament" by Pipe Major Esplin, and the sounding of the "Last Post" by MR. W. Mcalls. The inscription on the bronze plate of the memorial is as follows: "To the glory of God and in loving memory of the men who gave their lives in the Great War" and below are the words: "Their name liveth for evermore". The following are the names and regiments of the men whose names appear on the memorial:A. and S.H. - Johnathon Baird, William Baird, George Brock, David Crawford, John Cunningham, James Easton, William Gillespie, William Keddie, James McArthur, Alexander McEwan, John McGlade, Archibald McKenzie, John Park, Leonard Planner, James Sharp, Daniel Smith, James Thomson, John Tunstall, Henry Turnbull. Cameron Highlanders - William Dewar, James Forfar, Robert Thursby. Dorsets - Alexander Smith, Daniel Tennant. Gordon Highlanders - James Cunningham, William Gillespie, David Paterson. 11

Highland Light Infantry - James Blair, Harry Harris, William Reid, Thomas Tough. Irish Guards - Patrick McGrorty. Northumberland Fusiliers - Duncan Busby, James Comrie. Royal Engineers - Robert Gillespie. Royal Garrison Artillery - William Ashwwod. Royal Highlanders - Thomas Allan, James Fergus, Peter Hannay, Maxwell Reid. Royal Irish Rifles - Patrick McAteer. Royal Navy - William Quinn. Royal Naval Division - Arthur Reid. Royal Scots - Thomas Hogg, David Johnston, Henry Madden, Richard McKay, Robert Penman. Royal Scots Fusiliers - Samuel Kerr. Royal W. Kents - James Kelly, Peter McDonald, Michael McVicar. Seaforth Highlanders - Charles Burns, John Johnstone, William Martin."

Dunipace UF Church (SMR1605) The war memorial erected to perpetuate the memory of those men of the congregation who fell in the Great War was unveiled and dedicated by the Rev. Dr. Ewing, M.C., Edinburgh, in September 1921. The names of the men were read: Thomas R. Allan, George Anderson, David Anderson, William Ashwood, Thomas F. Bedford, Robert Cameron, Albert Scott, Alex. Smith, David Crawford, William M. Dewar, William Durham, William H, Gillespie, Walker Herd, Samuel Kerr, Richard R. McKay, Arch. W. McKenzie, William Martin, John Park, Robert Penman, James Thomson, and Henry Turnbull.” The congregation stood when the names were being read and remained standing during the unveiling ceremony. The memorial, erected in the vestibule immediately facing the main door, takes the form of a mural tablet in bronze, designed and executed by Messrs Tonks and Co., of Birmingham. At the top of the tablet are the years 1914 and 1918, whilst between the years is a laurel wreath. At the foot are the words “Greater love hath no man than this.” The centre of the tablet contains the list of the fallen.

Denny West Church (SMR1124) A brass plaque with plain line borders and protruding squares at the corners containing rosettes. It is set onto a veined white marble mount. The central panel has a rusticated background and two sprigs of laurel at the top with “1914” and “1919” to either side. Below this are the words “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN 12

GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ JAMES BRODIE ABRAHAM BROWN PETER C. DURWARD M.M. ALLAN C. KERR

DONALD LIDDELL ROBERT MCPHAIL JOHN LOCKHART ALEXANDER REID WILLIAM MARSHALL JOHN SCOBIE WILLIAM MITCHELL WILLIAM WRIGHT ALEXANDER MCCANN”

Below this is a small rectangular plaque with leaf terminals and ribbons containing the dates “1939” and “1945”. There are two names in the panel: “THOMAS PAUL JOHN WEAVER”

Broompark Church (SMR) The monument from Broompark Church is now in Westpark between two window lights on the wall separating the nave and the vestibule. For this installation the backing plaque had to be reduced slightly in size. It is of white marble with black lettering, and has a square central panel with an upright rectangular panel to either side. The central one reads: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN/ UNFADING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ CONGREGATION WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. 19141919./ A.C.CHALMERS./ JAMES FERGUS/ THOMAS HOGG./ ANDREW KERR./ GEORGE KERR./ THOMAS KERR./ CHARLES C. LAMBERT./ JAMES MITCHELL./ JOHN S. NISBET./ JAMES THOMSON./ ROBERT WHYTE./ JOHN WILLIAMSON ./ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN

THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” The left hand panel: “IN HONOUR, ALSO OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ DAVID ADAM./ JOHN ADAM./ CHARLES ALEXANDER./ WM. ANDERSON./ JAMES BAILLIE./ W M. BAILLIE./ R.J. BAILLIE./ HUGH BAXTER./ JAMES BAXTER./ JOHN BAXTER./ W.E.C. BROWN./ JOHN COUSLAND./ HUGH CRAIG./ ALEX. CRAMB./ JAMES DELANEY./ GEORGE DRUMMOND./ JAMES EARL./ JAMES FERGUSON./ WM. FERGUSON.” The right panel: “IN HONOUR, ALSO OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED/ PETER FERGUSON./ WM. GIBSON./ JOHN GRAY./ JAMES HAUGH./ JAMES HEPBURN./ W M. HOWIE./ PETER KEMP./ ALEX. KERR./ CHARLES LAIRD./ WM. LAIRD./ JAMES NISBET./ GEORGE SMITH./ J. GRAHAM STARK./ PETER WESTWATER./ ROBERT WESTWATER./ FRANCIS WHYTE./ ALEX. WILLIAMSON.”

A second monument was erected after the Second World War and is now re-erected at the south-west end of the nave in Westpark Church. It takes the form of a large wooden tablet with panelled Ionic pilasters below a deep cornice. The panel in the centre is topped by a carved wooden wreath and has the words: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ JAMES HAUGH/ ANDREW R HEPBURN/ JAMES LAMBERT/ JAMES MILLAR/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES INTHE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945”. Along the bottom is the additional line “AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM”.

Bonnybridge Parish Church (SMR778) Bonnybridge Parish Church currently has two sets of plaques for the First and Second World Wars in its vestibule. Those on the right (east) are from St Helen’s Church in High Bonnybridge where the First World War plaque was erected in 1935 The equivalent plaque for the parish church was unveiled in 1920, with the Second World War memorial added in 1960.. ST HELEN’S A rectangular phosphor-bronze plaque: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ DAVID BRYSON ROBERT IRVINE JAMES CAMPBELL WALTER MANN JOHN FERGUSON ALAN MCGIBBON JAMES FRASER WILLIAM MCGIBBON ALAN GODDARD JOHN MACNAB JAMES GRINDLAY DAVID STEWART GEORGE IRVINE HANSON ROBERT THOMSON COLIN MCNAB WEIR

Their name Liveth Evermore

Another larger rectangular phosphor-bronze plaque with art nouvou borders. “ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION AB J FERGUSON AB J GRAY

1914 1918

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS PTE J MACKAY

ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY PTE J HUXTABLE

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS ROYAL ENGINEERS PTE W KIRK SAPPER O EVANS PTE A MACKAY ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PTE J PORTEOUS ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY L/CPL A CRUSE PTE P SINCALIR DRIVER D HOLMES PTE A LOW PTE J LOW GORDON HIGHLANDERS WEST YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY PTE J MCAINSH PTE J BRODIE PE J FAWCETT PTE M MACKAY PTE S MCPHERSON CSM C MONRO PTE WT SMITH NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT PTE A RUTHERORD PTE J KIRKLAND PTE J SEATON KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS CPL J YOUNG PTE A MCGILLIVRAY CANADIAN CONTINGENT PTE T YOUNG L/CPL J MINFORD PNR J MCKIM

DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI”

BONNYBRIDGE PARISH A rectangular plaque of polished brass mounted on marble. In the two top corners are laurel wreaths, and there are Maltese crosses in the lower ones. A roundel at the top centre shows a burning bush. It is attached to a rectangular white marble plaque veined with pink. “1914 1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN AND LADS OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND HUMANITY IN THE GREAT WAR/ WILLIAM AITKEN PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

JAMES GILLIES PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

JAMES BUCHANAN PTE ROYAL WEST KENTS THOMAS DUNCAN PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CAMPBELL FERGUSON PTE ROYAL SCOTS DAVID FERNIE SGT ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS THOMAS GOODWIN L/CPL GORDON HIGHLANDERS JOHN G GILLESPIE PTE 9TH HLI

ROBERT GRAHAM SAPPER ROYAL ENGINEERS JAMES HENDERSON PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS WILLIAM HENDERSON PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS DANIEL HOLMES SGT ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS JAMES JOSS MM PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS J LAURANCE PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

JAMES MITCHELL PTE 11TH HERTFORDHIRE REGT JAMES SCOTT PTE ROYAL SCOTTS PETER MCAUSLIN PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS HENRY MCALPINE SEAMAN HMS POWERFUL JOHN MCCALLUM MM CPL ROYAL WEST KENTS JAMES MCCLAY PTE SCOTS GUARDS FRANCIS MCWATT PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS WILLIAM WATSON MM CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS RICHARD WALKER L/CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS BERTIE YOUNG L/CPL ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS

CLARKE PORTEOUS SGT 12TH HLI NATHANAEL F REID PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS PETER SINCLAIR PTE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS DAVID STALKER PTE ROYAL WEST KENTS DUNCAN STALKER PTE ARGYLL SUTHERLAND HIGHRS ALEXANDER STEWART PTE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS ROBERT STEWART PTE 18TH HLI

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” The memorial tablet was unveiled by Rev James Steel, the retired minister of the parish, and dedicated by Rev Duncan McCorkindale in April 1921. Following the address there was a silence, while Piper A. McNeilage played the lament, “Lochaber no More.” and Bugler E. Wardrop sounded the “Last Post”. The service was brought to a close with the singing of hymn 339 – “For all the Saints” – the National Anthem, and the Benediction.

Below this is a second brass plaque with laurel leaves at either end with the dates 1939 and 1945. “ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD-WAR WALTER JOHNSTON L/C RAOC HUGH WREN SERGT RAF VR

DAVID MILLER PTE RAOC ALASTAIR RS RITCHIE O/CD ROYAL NAVY

JOHN MCI ANDERSON FLIGHT ENGINEER RAF JAMES FRASER LES 25B ROYAL NAVY

Carrongrove Papermill (SMR1189) The brass plaque used to stand on the east wall in the entrance porch to Carronglen House, which was the main administration block for the paper mill. There is a wreath at the top and the busts of the king and queen occur at the base. A crown, swags and leaf fronds are used as decoration.

“PRO/ PATRIA/ 1914 [monogram for CGP Co Ltd] 1918/ TO THE ETERNAL MEMORY/ AND PERPETUAL GLORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ CARRONGROVE PAPER Co Ltd/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ SG CPL THOMAS ALLAN PTE JAMES DRYSDALE PTE JAMES BRODIE LIEUT WM McD. FARMER DVR WILLIAM BROPHY PTE JAMES FERGUS CPL ABRAHAM BROWN PTE WILLIAM GILLESPIE PTE JOHN CUNNINGHAM PTE DAVID HALKETT PTE DAVID DONALDSON PTE JAMES LAWERANCE PTE JAMES DONALDSON PTE JAMES MILLER CHIEF ENGR ERNEST R WHYTE RNAS

PTE HENRY McKENZIE PTE ARCHD McKENZIE SERGT JAMES RAE L/CPL JOHN ROBERTSON PTE THOMAS SCOTT PTE HENRY WALKER SERGT JOHN WILLIAMSON

ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED LIEUT H.R.P. ADAM AIR MECH DANIEL ADAM PTE JAMES AINSLIE PTE CHARLES ALEXANDER L CPL JAMES ALLAN PTE JOHN ALLAN PTE HENRY ARNOTT SERGT WILLIAM BLAIKIE PTE THOMAS BRADBURY PTE JOSEPH BRADBURY PTE JOHN BRODIE PTE ROBERT BRODIE AB JAMES BUCHANAN PTE JOHN COLLYER M.M. PTE SAMUEL COLLYER PTE JOSEPH COOK GNR HUGH CRAIG PTE JOHN DEWAR GNR JOHN DRUMMOND

SERGT JAMES GOODSIR CPL ALEXANDER GOODSIR PTE WILLIAM P. GORDON PTE MATTHEW GRAY PTE ROBERT HAIR PTE JOHN HAIR COMS GEORGE HENDERSON AB WILLIAM HERBURN PTE ROBERT HUNTER PTE ANDREW JARVIS SERGT WILLIAM KAY GNR ROBERT KAY M.M. PTE GEORGE KAY PTE WILLIAM KELLY PIONEER WILLIAM KERR PTE WILLIAM KERR SAPPER WILLIAM KING L CPL DAVID LAW CAPT GEORGE McCROW

PTE JAMES McLUSKIE TROOPER JOHN McMILLAN PTE PATRICK MALDEN PTE WILLIAM MEALES PTE ROBERT MURRAY PTE ROBERT NEWLANDS SERGT GEORGE PATERSON PTE JOHN PEDDIE SERGT CHARLES W. PEEBLES PTE GEORGE SCOTT PTE WILLIAM SCOTT PTE WILLIAM SHARP AB JAMES SIMPSON PTE GEORGE SKINNER AB HUGH SMITH PTE DAVID SNEDDON GNR ADAM STANNERS PTE DAVID STEVENSON SERGT J STRACHAN DCM MM MSM

PTE JOHN DUNCAN SIG JOSEPH DYER OS ALEXANDER FISHER PTE GEORGE FORSYTH SERTG WILLIAM GAULD L CPL ALFRED GAULD PTE JOHN GAULD PTE JAMES GAULD

PTE JOHN McGLINCHY GNR JAMES McGRORY SERGT FRANK McGUIRE DVR ARCHIBALD McGURK CPL JOHN McINTOSH PTE JAMES McKENZIE LDG SIG THOMAS McKINLEY

SERGT LEWIS STRACHAN GNR HENRY STRACHAN PTE HUGH THOMSON PTE JOHN WHELTON PTE LESLIE WYNESS PTE JOHN WYNESS PTE PETER WYNESS DVR ANDREW WHITE”

It is intended to incorporate the plaque into a freestanding structure facing the road to Fintry.

FALKIRK Falkirk Old and St. Modan’s Parish Church

Falkirk Parish Church (SMR425) The war memorial takes the form of a triumphal arch or canopy over the door from the lobby to the main hall of the church. It is of fine grained Blaxter sandstone which contrasts with the plaster walls. There is much beading with slightly art deco detailing. The individual bronze letters over the door “1914-1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR” are flanked in the supports by bronze laurel wreaths. Below each of these are long vertical bronze panels with the names of the fallen, to which small plaques have been added on the pilaster bases. The oak panelled door has a lattice-patterned leaded glass panel with a central laurel wreath. The monument was designed by JG Callander, architect, Falkirk, and the work was undertaken by Messrs P McLauchlan, Larbert – stonework; Charles Henshaw, Edinburgh – brasswork; McKay & Bain, Larbert – woodwork. 2ND LT. JAMES COWAN MM 2ND LT. HORSBURGH GIBSON 2ND LT. R S MORRISON CAPT. WILLIAM S O’MAY MC LT. JOSEPH T PATON CAPT. ELLIS G PITCAIRN 2ND LT. ROBERT S ROBERTSON LT. FRANK W SAUNDERS PTE WILLIAM AITKENHEAD PTE WILLIAM ANDERSON PTE ALEX ANNAND PTE JAMES ARBUCKLE DVR ALEX BAIRD SPR DAVID BELL PTE WILLIAM BENNIE PTE GEORGE BENNIE PTE WILLIAM G BLACK FLT SGT D H P BLACK LCE CPL WILSON B BOWLER CPL JOHN BROWN LCE CPL MATTHEW BROWN PTE CHARLES BRYCE PTE JAMES BRYCE PTE CHARLES BRYCE PTE JOHN BUCHANAN PTE WILLIAM CHEEPE PTE ALEX CHRISTIE PTE JOHN DAVIDSON

PTE JOHN DOW PTE ALEX EADIE SGT ROBERT T FERNIE GNR JAMES FRASER PTE JOHN FRASER PTE WILLIAM FRASER PTE ANDREW GANLY GNR MATTHEW H GRAHAM PTE JAMES GRINDLAY CPL ROBERT A HALL PTE JAMES HALL PTE HUGH HARE PTE JAMES HARVEY PTE ALEX HASTIE PTE JAMES B HAY PTE JOHN G HOTCHKISS LCE CPL WILLIAM KIRK LCE CPL FRED J MILNE PTE MATTHEW McCALLUM PTE JOHN McGILCHRIST PTE DUNCAN McGREGOR PTE ALEX B McINTYRE PTE JAMES McKINLAY PTE THOMAS McKINLAY PTE DUNCAN MACLACHLAN PTE JOHN McLEOD PTE WALTER McLEOD PTE WILLIAM McLEOD

SGT J.A. McLEOD LCE CPL JOHN McPHIE LCE CPL WILLIAM McPHIE PTE CHARLES NAPIER PTE ROBERT NAPIER 1ST AM JOHN NEILSON PTE Wm B.G. NICOLL CPL W.B. NOBLE PTE DANIEL O’MAY SIG SAMUEL POLLOCK PTE ROBERT PROUDFOOT PTE WILLIAM A REID SGT J.C.RIGGS PTE PETER RITCHIE PTE ALEX ROBB SIG WILFRID ROBERTSON PTE ANDREW RULE PTE ALEX LEARMONTH CPL ROBERT LEISHMAN LCE CPL ROBERT LESLIE

PTE JAMES RUSSELL PTE ANDREW SCOTT PTE ROBERT SCOTT PTE HENRY SMITH PTE JAMES SPROUL PTE DAVID STEWART PTE JAMES TAYLOR PTE HARRY TAYLOR PTE WILLIAM TAYLOR SGT WILLIAM TAYLOR PTE LEWIS THOMSON PTE ALEX WALKER PTE JOHN WALKER PTE WILLIAM WALKER A.B. GEORGE WATSON RND PTE JAMES WILSON PTE JOHN YOUNG

Unveiled in April 1923 by General Sir Francis Davies K.C.B., K.C.M.G, K.C.V.O., accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Lt M A J Malcolm, and Major Scott, officer-commanding, Stirling Castle. It had been draped in the Union Jack. A carved wooden table in the vestibule was dedicated at the re-opening of the church in August 1952 to the service men who lost their lives in the Second World War.

St Modan’s Church (SMR208) The central window in the chancel apse was installed as a memorial to the men of the congregation who gave their lives in the two world wars. It measures 8ft by 2ft 6ins and was executed by William Wilson of Edinburgh, c1950, for a cost of c£225. The artist provided the following description: “The subject of the proposed window is Christ the Redeemer, and shows the Figure of our Lord freed from the Cross, symbolising His triumph over death. The green of the Cross suggests the Tree of Life and rises from the Water of Life. Figures of the Martyrs, Saints Peter, Andrew, Catherine, Stephen and Paul, surround the Cross in adoration. The symbol of the Pelican signifying Sacrifice completes the design. The text is from Rev. V.,v.9.” It was part of a ttriptych representing the Baptism, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of our Lord. The following annotation was supplied “This window is dedicated to the Glory of God and in memory of the men of this church who fell in the two world wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. Also as a thank offering for the preservation of those who by the Grace of God returned from the War”

Christ Church, Falkirk (SMR941) The memorial in the south transept or Lady Chapel of the church is now in the form of an oak cabinet. In the centre is a painted copy of Perugino’s Crucifixion, which was gifted in 1918 by a member of the congregation as the original monument (and dedicated by the Bishop of Edinburgh in February 1918 - the first in the Falkirk district). Subsequently a tablet or screen was built around this and completed in November 1920, paid for by Miss Wilson of South Bantaskine. On All Saints Days “After the sermon by the rector, Rev. J.M. Ballard, the cross-bearer and choir proceeded to the memorial, which was dedicated with prayer, and unveiled by the donor. The unveiling ceremony was followed by the singing of the familiar hymn, “For all the saints.” There was a splendid turnout of the congregation at the service, which was most impressive throughout." 20

“1914 IN MEMORIAM 1919” “Grant.them.O.Lord.eternal.rest/ and.let.light.perpetual.shine.upon.them.” “The.souls.of.the.Righteous/ are.in.the.hand.of.God.”

On either side of the colourful painting the names of the dead appear on panels in gold lettering: “NEIL MCLAUCHLAN ARCHIBALD MCNAB J.W. MCKINLAY H.W. MCKINLAY JACK BISHOP HARRY STRAND THOMAS SMITH CHARLES BARRON JOHN MCCULLOCH ARTHUR MCLAUCHLAN CHARLES NAPIER ROBERT NAPIER WILLIAM MILLS PETER FLEMING GEORGE FORGIE J. DOUGAL HUGH CONNELL

PRESTON FLEMING JOHN MCN. MCGREGOR JAMES MAYS HENRY ISON ALEXANDER BAIRD ARTHUR M. KENNARD W. SCOTT MONCRIEFF DAVID FINNIE THOMAS BLACK WILLIAM LAIRD DONALD R FRASER J.F. WHINCOP JAMES HAY WILLIAM GALBRAITH JAMES HILL THOMAS HILL ALEXANDER SMITH

After the Second World War hinged S-arched oak leaves or doors were added to either end of the screen. On the inside of these outer panels, above the dates 1939-45, more names were placed: DAVID MILLAR ARCHIBALD MORRISON JOHN MUNRO ARTHUR SADLER HUGH DE LANCEY SAMWELL TOM SP INK WILLIAM STEPHENSON KENNETH WEBSTER

J CALDERWOOD ALLAN JOHN BENSLEY MURRAY BURT DAVID FORBES ST.JOHN FORBES ROBIN FRASER KENNETH GEORGE ALASTAIR JAMIESON”

For further information on the church contact: http://www.christchurchfalkirk.org.uk/ 21

EU Church, Meeks Rd (SMR1466) A large rectangular brass plaque is now in Falkirk Museum (1999-80-1). It was a simple reeded border with flower-headed square panels at each corner. In the centre top are laurel sprigs tied with a ribbon "1914 1919/ TO THE MEMORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN FROM THIS CHURCH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ ARNOT, R. BENNIE, W. COCKBURN, A. DAWSON, W.H. DODDS, J. DODDS, M.A.

HAY, J.A. HOTCHKISS, J.G. LOGAN, G. MAILLER, D. MCKELL, A.S. MOIR, J.

MURCHIE, Z. PHILIP, G. RAE, J.D.B. ROBERTSON, G. SCOBIE, W. SUMMERS, G.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The plaque was made by Archibald Hamilton of Glasgow as is shown by a stamp on the side.

A large white marble plaque; rectangular with a central arched protrusion on the top; also in Falkirk Museum (1999-80-3). "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THIS/ CONGREGATION WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945." “PTE ARCHIBALD D AITKEN. PARACHUTE REGT (AIRBORNE) PTE ROY SIMPSON. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SIGNALMAN GEORGE SANDERSON. ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS GUNNER WILLIAM WILSON. ROYAL ARTILLERY PTE JAMES McLACHLAN. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PTE CHARLES SMITH. NORTHUMBERLANDS 3RD RADIO OFFICER ANDREW NIMMO. MERCHANT NAVY SEAMAN GEORGE LAPSLEY HANNAH. ROYAL NAVY CPL ERIC ARCHIBALD. ROYAL ENGINEERS.”

Andrew Nimmo died on 15.9.1941 serving on the SS Empire Eland.

Grahams Rd Church (SMR1434) A pipe organ was unveiled in March 1924 and dedicated to the memory of twenty-four men of the congregation who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. The unveiling ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lieut-Colonel T. L. Beveridge, a former minister of the congregation. The congregation remained standing in silent sympathy while he pulled the cord which operated the veil, and revealed to those present the members’ tribute to the fallen. Before descending from the pulpit to place a large laurel wreath on the keyboard of the organ, he said: “To the glory of God and in memory of our comrades who have failed to answer the call, I unveil this, our memorial and our emblem of thanksgiving.” The names on the roll were read out by Lieut. H.S. Sanderson, two members responding as against the twenty-four who fell. The two members who were present and answered the roll were Air Mechanic Wm. Howden, R.A.F., and Pte. Wm. Wright, R.A.M.C. The memorial organ was erected at a cost of £1216. The woodwork was completed in oak, while the pipes were silverised. The keyboard had 24 stops and six composition pedals, the organ itself being described as a two manual and pedal instrument. Blown by an electric motor, the instrument was installed by Messrs Ingram & Co., Edinburgh, to the specifications of Mr. D. Thomson, Mus. Bae, Falkirk. The tablet bearing the names of the fallen was also in oak, situated in the centre of the pipes, immediately above the pulpit. It was surmounted by a carved laurel wreath with the following inscription: “To the glory of God and the memory of the men of this congregation who fell in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.” The names of the twenty-four men and their respective regiments were then set out in a single column, below which was the simple tribute, “Greater love hath no man than this.” The following are the names of the fallen, comprising four officers, four no commissioned officers and sixteen private soldiers:Captain Robert Lapsley Hannah, M.C., 12th H.L.I. Sec.-Lieut. James Mellis, 5th G.H. Sec.-Lieut. John Niven, R.F.A. Sec.-Lieut. Kenneth James Niven, 11th A. & S. H. Sergt. Quintin Wilson, 1st R.S.F. L-Corpl. John Anderson, 1/5th G.D. L-Corpl. Henry Wallace Maxwell, 401st R.E. L-Corpl. John Prentice Sanderson, 2nd A. & S. H.

Pte. James Gaul, 7th A. & S. H. Pte. Robert Lapsley Gibson, 12th A. & S.H. Pte. David Marshall Hannah, 14th A. & S. H. Pte. Thomas Hastings, 7th A. & S. H. Pte. Richard Kidston, 9th R.S. Pte. Peter Morton Kidston, 2nd R.H. Pte. Robert Lawson, 1st A. & S. H. Pte John Maxwell, 12th M.G.C. Pte. Peter Miller, 2nd A. & S. H. Pte. Alex. McIntyre, 1st R.S.F. Pte. William Laing Russell, 17th H.L.I. Pte. John Russell, 1st G.H. Pte. Malcolm Sharpe, 7th A. & S. H. Pte. James Taylor, 7th A. & S. H. Pte. William Turnbull, 6th R.H. Pte. Alex Wallace, 3rd R.H.

The church was demolished in 1989. A separate bronze strip with leaf terminals containing the dates 1939 and 1945. "ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ ALEXANDER W SUMMERS G/ McKELL J WHIGHAM GB/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”. It is now in Falkirk Museum.

Falkirk West Church (SMR281) The wall tablet to perpetuate the memory of the members of the congregation who fell in the war was unveiled by Capt. H.J. Kennard, R.N. of Kershill at the West U.F. Church in December 1920. It was of brass upon a white marble background. Inscribed upon the plate, in black and red letters, were the names of the fifteen men of the congregation who made the supreme sacrifice. The brass plaque was transferred to St Andrews Church and is now fixed to the wall to the east of the organ (the marble was disposed of). It is rectangular with an arched central section. Within the arch crossed union flags are engraved with the dates 1914 and 1919 to either side. Below is a ribbon containing the words "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR”. HENRY ANDREW, WILLIAM E. ARNOT, ROBERT CAMPBELL, JAMES A. DAWSON, JOHN R.M. FERGUSON, ALEXANDER S. GREENHILL, HENRY MUNDIE, JOHN A. RENNIE, JAMES M. SMELLIE, GRAHAME H. WADE, JAMES H. WATSON, JOHN E. WAUGH, THOMAS WAUGH, WILLIAM M. WHYTOCK AND WILLIAM WINCHCOLE. At the foot of the tablet the following inscription appears:- "MAY WE IN FAITH AND HONOUR KEEP THAT PEACE FOR WHICH THEY PAID." The memorial was erected by Messrs W. Roberts and Son, sculptors, Falkirk.

After the Second World War a second brass plaque was installed, also with an arched centre. It has a simple beaded border and there is an interlaced Celtic Cross at the top. “TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ PATRICK NIMMO/ RONALD ALEXANDER PHILP/ WILLIAM BAIRD FERNIE/ JAMES MANDERSON ROBERTS/ DONALD MCINTOSH/ ROBERT MATHISEON D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D./ ROBERT PATERSON D.C.M./ GEORGTE ROBERTSON NIMMO M.C./ JAMES RUSSELL NIMMO D.S.O./ WILLIAM McGILL/ THOMAS WALLACE CUNNINGHAM/ ROBERT HARLEY MATHIESON/ JAMES PHILLIPS/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS"

Erskine Church (SMR1457) A rectangular wall plaque made of composite stone. The border is of a plain black polished stone overlain with a broad band of green Elterwater mottled stone. The whole is polished in an “eggshell” finish. The border is enriched by a “reed and ribbon” moulding in bronze with seven reeds crossed by a ribbon device. The main panel is of Hoptonwood stone (a variety of marble from Derbyshire) of a fawn colour, with the inscription carved into it. The first word “THEY” is contained in a bronze laurel wreath. The plaque is mounted on the north wall of the aisle a little forward of the west gallery and was designed by Alex. Black, I.A., architect, Falkirk “THEY/ WHOSE NAMES/ ARE SET FORTH BELOW/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ 1915 PTE JOHN COWAN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS SERGT WILLIAM DICK ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS PTE THOMAS HETHERINGTON SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PTE JAMES A LIDDELL CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PTE WILLIAM MILLAN HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY 1916 PTE HARRY BEGG ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS PTE JOHN BROWN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS PTE JOHN HETHERINGTON HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PTE RICHARD LEISHMAN ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT PTE HENRY MEEK GORDON HIGHLANDERS CPL ANDREW M MORRISON HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PTE JAMES STEWART ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS SAPPER JAMES WALKER ROYAL ENGINEERS 1917 PTE WILLIAM FLEMING HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PTE JAMES HAY ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS L/CORPL WILLIAM KIRK GORDON HIGHLANDERS SUB-LIEUT JAMES McCULLOCH ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES PTE CHARLES WYLIE ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS PTE HUGH B WILSON KINGS OWN SCO BORDERERS

1918 PTE THOMAS AITKEN ARG AND SUTHD HIGHLANDERS L/CORPL JOHN BURNS SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS GUNNER JAMES CRAWFORD THE TANK CORPS GUNNER JAMES B GALBRAITH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY PTE JOHN KEMP THE ROYAL SCOTS LIEUT ROBERT MORRISON MACHINE GUN CORPS CAPTAIN JOHN NELSON SS DUVA

THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION/ HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AS A THANKSGIVING/ THAT SUCH MEN WERE OF THEIR NUMBER” In the vestibule of the church was an illuminated roll of honour bearing the names of all the members of the congregation who served in the war, the work of W. Donaldson, Falkirk. Mrs Mungal, the oldest member of the congregation, was accompanied by Miss Dunsmuir, the youngest child in the Sabbath school, to perform the unveiling ceremony in May 1921. “As the huge Union Jack that had obscured the memorial from view fluttered softly to one side, a tense hush fell upon the audience, broken after a moment's pause by the opening noise of a pathetic lament on the bagpipes, played by Pipe-Major McLaughlan, Camelon. During the playing the congregation remained standing with bowed heads, and thereafter Mr. Dean gave the dedication prayer. Immediately after the benediction a voluntary was played on the organ, the audience again paying tribute to the glorious dead by standing solemnly the while…”

St James Church (SMR122) Captain H. J. Kennard, R.N., of Kersehill House, unveiled a memorial to the men who fell in the form of a beautiful carved tablet made of oak. The Rev. James Gillan, D.D., also unveiled and dedicated a memorial communion table. The tablet consists of three panels encased in a solid oak frame. The centre panel bears the figure of an angel – emblem of victory – while the two side panels contain the names in gold gilt of the 20 men who gave their lives in the war. The tablet has also the words carved – “More than conquerors through Christ” and above the names of the men the inscription – “To the glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of this congregation who fell in the Great War – 1914 – 1919.” The communion table is of solid oak, the side panels of which have each carved stalks of wheat and a cluster of grapes, while the one panel has the carved text – “I am the Bread of Life.”, and the other, “I am the True Vine.” The centre panel of the tablet and the whole of the beautifully carved work was executed as a gift to St James’ by Miss Helen Wilson of South Bantaskine. The oak memorial tablet and the communion table were furnished by Messrs Graham and Morton, Falkirk. Their work has also evoked much satisfaction. At the unveiling in December 1921 the Roll Call was read by Mr. Robert Harvey, the guard of honour being furnished by Messrs Hugh McNiven and William Lamont, all ex-servicemen, and wearing their medals. The names of the twenty men inscribed on the tablet as follows:- John Archibald, Thos. S. Abercrombie, Arch. Breingan, James Ferguson Brown, David M. Blain, Wm. Cameron, Isaac Dalziel, John Downie, David Hay, Charles Laird, James McLellan, Walter McNie, Dundas Simpson MacKnight, Wm. Napier, And. Nicol, Geo. Seaton, Alex Sellars, Thomas Sim, And. Spence, and Alex. Towers.

Irving Church (SMR1412) St John’s Church (SMR955)

A plain rectangular brass plaque with a small cross engraved in a circle at the top left corner. The sheer number of names, 265 in all, gives the memorial a quiet dignity. Originally in St John’s Parish Church, it occupied the south-west corner of the church, at the end of the vestry aisle and was mounted on a marble frame. It is now affixed to the wall fronting the east gallery in the Irving Church. After it was unveiled by Pte John Blackburn of the 1st Camelon Company Boys’ Brigade the names on the memorial were read out by Rev Headrick. It was then dedicated by Rev Robert Agnew in March 1924. It was gifted by the children of Camelon parish Church Sunday School. “GIVING THANKS TO GOD FOR THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE CAMELON/ MEN WHO ENTERED INTO REST IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ ALEXANDER ABBOTT JAMES ADAMS JAMES AIGO STEWART AITKEN THOMAS AITKEN WILLIAM AITKEN HENRY ALLAN JOHN ALLAN WILLIAM ALLAN WILLIAM ANDERSON ROBERT BAIRD JOHN BALLANTYNE JOHN W. BALLANTYNE THOMAS BEATTIE CHARLES BINNIE ALEXANDER BLACK THOMAS BOWES JOHN BOYD JAMES BRYSON JOHN BURNS DAVID BURT DAVID BURT DAVID BURT JOHN BURT JAMES BROWN JAMES BROWN WILLIAM CALDER ANGUS CAVENS JAMES CHRISTIE JAMES COGGONS

SAMUEL CONGDON ANDREW COOPER ALEXR CORDINER WILLIAM COOPER GEORGE COX JOHN COX JOHN COX WILLIAM COX JOHN COYLE JOHN CRUICKSHANKS JAMES CURRIE GEO. CADENHEAD PETER DAVIE WILLIAM DAWSON WILLM DELAHUNTY PETER DEVOY JOHN DICK WILLIAM DICK DAVID DICKSON ROBERT DICKSON JOHN DOCHERTY JAMES DONALDSON JAMES DONALDSON CHARLES DONNELLY MICHL DONNELLY JOHN DOUGLAS WM DUGUILD ROBERT DUNBAR MICHAEL DUNN DAVID EADIE

ROBERT EDWARDS JOHN EWING WILLM FERGUSON GEORGE FISH JAMES FLEMING THOMAS FORSYTH J. FOTHERINGHAM P. FOTHERINGHAM GEORGE GARDNER ROBERT GEMMELL CAMERON GILCHRIST PETER GILLESPIE DAVID GLEN ALEXANDER GOW GEORGE GRAHAM ROBERT GRAHAM WILLM GRINDLAY WILLM GRINDLAY JAMES GUNN PATRICK GUNN JOHN HALL CHAS. HAMILTON WILLM HARDIE THOMAS HARRIER PETER HARRISON THOMAS HARROWER WILLM HARROWER DAVID HAY JOHN HAY WILLM HEPBURN

PHILIP HIGGINS JAMES HILL JOHN HOWE WILLM HOWITT JAMES HUNTER ROBERT HUNTER JOHN JACKSON WILLIAM JAMES WALTER JAMIESON WILLM JAMIESON WILLM JOHNSTON JOHN KELLY JOHN KELSO GEORGE KERR JAMES KERR JOHN KNOX WILLIAM LAING ALEXR LAIRD JAMES LAIRD GEORGE LAURIE JOHN LAVINS HENRY LEES ARCHIBALD LEES FERGUS LIDDLE JAMES LIDDLE CHARLES LISTER ROBERT LISTER JAMES LOGAN JOHN MARSHALL WILLM MARSHALL

WILLM MASON WILLM MASON JAMES MAYO JOHN MELDRUM GEORGE MERCER PETER MERRILEES PETER MERRILEES ALEXR MILLER DAVID MILLER JOHN MILLER ROBERT MILLER JOHN MINFORD JAS. MONTGOMERY JOHN MORRISON ROBT. MORRISON JOHN MUIRHEAD JOHN R. MUIRHEAD GEORGE MUNRO PETER MURDOCH

ROBERT MCGEE JOHN MCGOLDRICK GEORGE MCINTYRE MALM. MCKECHNIE ALEXR. MCKENZIE DAVID MCLACHLAN DUNCAN MCLACHLAN GEORGE MCLAY WILLIAM MCLAY JEFFREY MCLAY THOMAS MCLEAN DAVID MCLELLAN DUNCAN MCLEISH ALEXR. MACLEOD ALEXR. MACLEOD WILLM. MACLEOD JAMES MCMILLAN OLIVER MCNAB ROBT. MCNAUGHT

GEORGE NICOL WILLIAM NICOL WILLIAM NORRIE J. MILLER ORR WILLIAM O’HARA WILLM. OLIPHANT GEORGE O’NEILL THOMAS ORMAN JOHN O’SHEA WILLM. PACKMAN JAMES PARLANE WILLM. PATERSON ALEXR. PATERSON WILLM. PATERSON JAMES PURCELL WILLM. POLLOCK THOMAS REAP JAMES REID HUGH RICHARDSON

JAS. ROBERTSON WILLM. ROBERTSON WLLIAM ROBERTS ANDREW ROSS WILLIAM ROSS WILLIAM ROSS WILLIAM J. ROSS EBENR. RUSSELL JAMES RUSSELL JOHN RUSSELL WILLM. RUSSELL WALTER SCOTT WILLIAM SCOTT ANDREW SHANKS ALEXANDER SHAW JAMES SHAW HENRY SHIRRA JAMES SMILLIE HUGH SMILLIE

HENRY MCANSH ROBERT MCARA JOHN MCCOLL JOHN MCCREDDEN ROBT MCCURDIE SAML MCCURDIE ROBT MCDIARMID JAS. MCFARLANE JOHN MCFEAT ANDREW MCGARR GEORGE MCGEE

WILLM. MCNEILL WILLM. MCNIEL JOHN MCNICOL HUGH MCPHAIL JOHN MCRIDDEN JAMES NASH PETER NELSON ROBERT NELSON JAMES NUNN FREDERICK NUNN DAVID NICOL

HERBT. RICMOND JAMES RILEY GEORGE RISK ALEXANDER RISK JOHN RISK JOHN RISK ROBERT RISK JOHN ROGERS WILLIAM ROGERS ANDW. ROBERTSON DAVID ROBERTSON

JAMES SMITH ROBERT SMITH WILLIAM SMITH ROBT. SOMERVILLE JAMES STEWART JAMES STEWART JOHN STEWART WILLIAM STEWART FRANS. STEVENSON JAMES STOBBIE JAMES STOCKS

JAMES TAYLOR ALEXANDER TAYLOR HARRY TAYLOR WILLM. THOMPSON WALTER THOMPSON JAMES TOWERS WALTER TOWERS EDWARD TRAYNOR JAMES TRAYNOR PETER TRAYNOR JAMES VING JAMES WATSON ANGUS WARDROPE ROBERT WEBSTER ROBERT WHITE ROBERT WHITE PETER WHITELAW JOHN WILLIAMSON ARCHIBALD WILSON JOHN WILSON ROBERT WILSON ROBERT WILSON THOMAS WILSOM THOMAS WILSON DANIEL YOUNG

WE WHO LOVED AND HONOURED THEM HAVE DEDICATED THIS RECORD OF THE GALLANT DEAD”

Rectangular brass plaque with a milled surface engraved with red and black lettering: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM/ 1939-1945/ SERGEANT PRIVATE PRIVATE CAPTAIN WIREMAN PRIVATE S/LIEUT.

RONALD BAIRD WILLIAM ECKFORD THOMAS MARSHALL IAN E.A. MUNDIE DONALD MCLEOD WILLIAM ROBERTS ROBERT S. WARNER

R.A.F.V.R. A. & S.H. A. & S.H. R.A. R.N. A. & S.H. R.N.V.R.

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”.

A stained glass window was gifted to St John’s Church in 1924 by Miss BH Wilson of South Bantaskine in memory of her nephew “George Cadenhead and the men of Camelon who fell in the Great War.” It is of three lights and was designed by Meredith William of Edinburgh. At the same time a new pulpit of fumed oak was installed, designed and carved by the donor, Miss Helen Wilson, South Bantaskine, "in memory of George Cadenhead, May, 1915; Douglas Reid, October 1917; and Bernard Tennent, August 1918, who gave their lives for God, King, and country."

Falkirk Masonic Temple (SMR2064) The memorial is on the east wall of the main hall or Temple and consists of a rectangular brass plaque set on a white marble surround. The sides of the surround are indented, as is the base where five tassels are fixed to either end. The top has a central triangular pediment containing a brass ornament showing a vertical arrow(?) with outstretched wings at the base, a square and compass in a heart in the centre and a flaming terminal. The rectangular brass plaque has inset lettered and decorative panels. The decoration includes the all-seeing eye, the Sun, the crescent moon and oak leaves. The lettering reads: “+IN FATH+IN HOPE+IN CHARITY+/ SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ THE BRETHREN OF LODGE/ CALLENDAR No 588, WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT/ WAR+1914+1918+/ TRUE.TO.THEIR.GOD.THEIR.KING.THEIR.COUNTRY.”

Falkirk Infirmary (SMR1565) The memorial gates were gifted when the infirmary was still in Thornhill Road and were moved to the new site in late 1931, appearing prominently in the photographs of the opening on 18 January 1932. To the right of the main vehicular gate is a disused pedestrian gate bearing a phosphor-bronze plaque in two segments. The upper reads “FALKIRK & DISTRICT/ INFIRMARY” and the lower “THESE GATES ARE DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FORMER PUPILS OF FALKIRK HIGH SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918”. The main gates are of cast iron of simple design with wrought iron leaf terminals. 29

The infirmary received many items during and after the war in memory of individuals, societies and businesses. For the victory commemorations the timber firm of Muirheads appropriately gifted a 50ft wooden flagstaff. Beds were endowed by the pupils of Falkirk High School.

Falkirk High School (SMR1133) In March 1920 it was noted that some 546 former pupils of Falkirk High School had served in the war. The names of those killed - numbering about 80 were published in the Falkirk Herald. A large pedimented rectangular cast bronze plaque with arched centre set in a contrasting wooden frame. This frame is a replacement for the original one of verte antique marble. The border has a stylised laurel wreath with ribbons, terminating at the bottom left with a square containing a lion rampant in a shield surrounded by a circular wreath and on the right by the similarly located British ensign- representative of the Army and Navy. An oval panel at the top has the letter X above the monogram FHS, with thistles to either side. The work was executed by Mr Charles Henshaw, Edinburgh, under the supervision of Mr Robert Wilson, A.R.I.B.A., Falkirk.

“1914 1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FORMER/ PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ ALEXANDER ABBOT L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM S. JOHNSTON LIEUT. A.&.S.H. EDWARD WM. ANDERSON PTE. H.L.I. JOHN KINNIBURGH PTE. H.L.I. RONALD M. ANDERSON L.CPL. K.O.S.B. WILLIAM KIRK L.CPL. GORDONS ALEXANDER S. ANDREW PTE. C.E.F JAMES S. LAMB PTE. CAMERONS WALTER D. ANDREW SGT. E.AF.S.C. EDWARD LAWLESS PTE. CAMERONS WILLIAM E. ARNOT 3RD ENGR. H.M.T “LADOGA” RICHARD A. LEISHMAN L.CPL. A&S.H. DAVID H.P. BLACK F.SGT. R.A.F. JOHN G. LIDDELL 2ND LT. R.A.F. WILLIAM G. BLACK PTE. A.&S.H. JAMES MACGREGOR 2ND LT. R. SCOTS FRANK B BLACKMAN L.CPL. R.H. ALAN F. MCARTHUR H.QS. R.F.A. THOMAS BUNYAN CPL. H.L.I. KENNETH MCDONALD LT. R.E ATT R.A.F. JOHN A. CARMICHAEL PTE. R.SCOTS WILLIAM MCDONALD L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM J. CHRISTIE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM J.B. MCKENDRICK CPL. A.&S.H. JOHN COCHRANE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS WILLIAM MCPHIE L.CPL. SEAFORTHS ROBERT S. DOBBIE SGT. R.A.F. MATTHEW MARSHALL LIEUT. R. SCOTS WM. FORBES FORSYTH 2ND LT. R. SCOTS ALEXANDER MARTIN PTE. R.SCOTS D. REGINALD FRASER SGT. CAMERONS JOHN MARTIN 2ND ENGR. S.S. “GEO” ANDREW B. GARDNER PTE R. FUS. WILLIAM MILLAN PTE. H.L.I. JAMES MCN. GARDNER TPR. DRAGOON GDS. DAVID H. MILLAR 2ND LT. R. SCOTS JAMES GAUL PTE. A.&S.H. FREDERICK J. MILNE L.CPL. GORDONS CAMERON GILCHRIST PTE. R.H. ANDREW M. MORRISON CPL. H.L.I. J. GORDON GILLESPIE PTE H.L.I. ROBERT MORRISON 2ND LT. M.G.C. MATTHEW H. GRAHAM GNR. R.F.A. ROBERT S. MORRISON 2ND LT. R.H. CLEMENT P. HAGUE L.CPL. R.SCOTS HENRY MUNDIE SGT. A.&S.H. SYDNEY G. HAGUE CAPT. (M..C.) BEDFORDS ANDREW NICOL 2ND LT. K.O.S.B. DAVID M. HANNAH PTE. A.&S.H. JAMES C. NICOL L.CPL. C.E.F. WILLIAM HARROWER SGT. R.E. WILLIAM NICOLSON 2ND LT. R.S.F. JOHN G. HOTCHKISS PTE CAMERONS KENNETH J. NIVEN 2ND LT. A.&S.H. ND ALEXANDER HUNTER 2 LT. LANCS. FUS. WM. BALLOCH NOBLE CPL. R.H. JOSPEH HUNTER PTE. H.L.I. WILLIAM S. O’MAY CAPT. (M.C.) H.L.I. ROBERT G. HUNTER LIEUT. A.&S.H. G. DEAS PAGE SAPR. R.E.

GILBERT WILKIE L.CPL. SCOT. RIFS. CHARLES WILSON PTE. R. SCOTS

JOHN WILSON CPL. SEAFORTHS JOHN W.M. YOUNG PTE. R.H.

CHARLES G. PATRICK PTE. SEAFORTHS JOHN D.B. RAE SAPR. CAN. ENGRS. WM. ALEXANDER REID PTE. GORDONS WM. LEONARD REID CAPT. DORSETS GEORGE REID LIEUT. R.F.A. JOHN A RENNIE 2ND LT. DEVONS ROBERT RINTOUL PTE. S.A.F. SCOTS WILFRED ROBERTSON PTE. A.&S.H. W.J.J.ARMSTRONG P. ROSS SAPR. R.E. HUGH M. RULE PTE. A.&S.H. DAVID W. RUSSELL PTE R.S.F. JAMES H. SCOTT PTE E. LANCS. ANDREW B. SIMPSON PTE. R.A.M.C. HAROLD J. SIMPSON PTE. C.E.F. ROBERT STARK PTE. R. SCOTS THOMAS STRANG SAPR. R.E. JAMES TAYLOR CPL. GORDONS PETER TAYLOR 2ND LT. SCOTS RIFS. WILLIAM G. TAYLOR PTE A.&S.H. THOMAS TOUCH PTE. H.L.I. GEORGE URE SGT. H.L.I. GEORGE K. WALKER PTE. SCOTS GDS. JAMES WALKER SAPR. R.E. JOHN WALKER SGT. R.E. ROBERT K. WALKER SAPR. R.E. JAMES H. WATSON CPL. A.I.F. J. DOUGLAS D. WATT PTE. R. SCOTS JOHN E. WAUGH L.CPL. A&S.H. THOMAS WAUGH CPL. H.L.I. WILLIAM WHYTOCK SGT. LEINSTERS THEIR NAME LIVETH TO ALL GENERATIONSâ&#x20AC;?

The plaque was unveiled in the hall of Falkirk High School in September 1921. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James Aitchison, senior minister of Erskine U.F. Church, Falkirk, who, as chairman of the Falkirk Burgh School Board, was largely instrumental in the founding of the school. He drew aside the Union Jack which had covered it, after which the "Last Post" was sounded, the members of the gathering standing at attention during the roll call. The song "Heroes Departed" was then rendered under Mr Love's leadership. W.B. Niven, president of the High School Club, then asked Mr Wm. Brown, vice-president of the Stirlingshire Education Authority, to take over the care of the memorial on behalf of the authority. In doing so, Mr Niven expressed the hope that the memorial would serve as a source of inspiration to those who were associated with the school in future years. The following Monday morning the whole of the children of the Primary and Secondary Schools were mustered in the playground, and were thereafter marched slowly past the memorial. The boys paid tribute to the memory of the former pupils by reverently saluting the memorial as they filed past.

Falkirk Iron Company (SMR700) In February 1921 the Falkirk Iron Company opened Ashwood Convalescent Home in Ferntower Road, Crieff, to be utilised as a house for invalid workers in the service of the company. This, both management and the workforce believed, would be the finest type of memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the men connected with the works who fell in the Great War. 32

The Works already had a Benevolent Fund to make provision for ordinary cases of sickness and accident. It had sufficient credit to cover the initial expense and the directors of the Company added a contribution towards the cost of furnishing and maintenance. The Fund had previously sent recuperating patients to Kilmun. Ashwood would be open all year round and was put under the charge of a resident matron Robert Kidston, general manager of the Company, unveiled a memorial tablet in bronze at the building bearing the following inscription: “Ashwood House – Purchased in 1920 by the Employees of the Falkirk Iron Company, as a Convalescent Home, in remembrance of their fellow workmen who laid down their lives in the Great War, 1914-1919.” The House is situated in the high part of Crieff, near the Hydropathic, in the shelter of the Knock. It contained three public and seven bedrooms, and offices, in half an acre of ground.

Laurieston School (SMR1936) The memorial tablet was erected at the head of the central stairway in the Laurieston Public School by the staff and scholars in memory of the former pupils who fell in the great war, and in honour of those who served and survived. It was unveiled by Lieut. Col. Alan Stein. M.C. in September 1920. The tablet is of a simple design, being of brass, and mounted upon a marble slab. On it are inscribed the names of 411 former pupils who enlisted and served. Of this number no fewer than 82 made the supreme sacrifice. The names of the fallen are inscribed above the survivors, and are surmounted by the following appropriate inscription. “Laurieston School – Erected in grateful memory of the former pupils who fell in the Great War – 1914-1919. Also in honour of those who served.” The tablet is the work of Mr Arch. Hamilton, 70 Glassford Street, Glasgow. As part of the proceedings relatives of eighty-two fallen heroes were presented with a photograph of the tablet. It was re-erected in the entrance to the Community Wing in November 1993 and rededicated by Rev. RJ McDowall. A rectangular polished brass plaque with red and black lettering. On the left hand side is the figure of Britannia holding a large Union flag with blue and red enamel.

“LAURIESTON SCHOOL/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FORMER PUPILS WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ==== 1914 1919/ FREW JAS. ANDERSON WM. BEGG HENRY BLACK PETER BOYD JOHN BRAID ANDW. BRAND JAS. BROWN WM.

JACK GARDNER CAMPBELL RBT. CHALMERS JOHN COCHRANE JOHN M. CONNELL HUGH H. COOPER WM. COPLAND JAS.

JOHNSTON ALEX. KAY JAS. DOUGAL JOHN DCM HENDERSON JOHN FERGUSON JAS. HUNTER THOS. GIBSON JOHN IRVINE JAS. GIBSON WM. JOHNSTON JAS. GRANT ALEX. LEISHMAN RICHD. GRANT WM C. MAIN JOHN

MACKAY JAS. MARTIN JAS. MASTERTON WM. MELLIS JOHN MITCHELL JOS. MOODIE JAS. MORRIS JAS. F. MC

MILLER JOHN MORRISON JOHN MM MUIR ALEX. MYLES WM. MCBRIDE THOS. MACDONALD ALEX MACDONALD KEN. MCGREGOR JOHN

SEYMOUR RBT. RICHMOND HERBT. ROBERTSON MATT. RULE ANDW. SIME JOHN D. SIMONS WM. SLIGO JAS.

SEYMOUR THOMAS WALKER GEO. SORLEY ANDW. TROTTER CHAS. STEVENSON WALKER WM. STEWART WM. W. WALKER WM. STRATHIE JAS. WEST PETER SUTHERLAND JOHN WEST THOS. SWAN JOHN WILLIAMSON JAS. WILSON THOS.

MCMARTIN JOHN M INTYRE JOHN PROVAN WM. MCLAY JAS. RANKINE JOHN MCQUEEN RBT. RANKINE RBT. NEIL THOS. RANKINE WM. PRATTIS WM. L. REILLY JAS. MM PROVAN CHAS. REILLY RBT. C

ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED ADAMS GEO. ANDERSON DAV. ANDERSON THOS. ANDERSON WM ARNOT JOHN ARNOT NEIL BAIRD CHAS. BAIRD DUNCAN BAIRD JAS. BAIRD JOHN BAIRD JOHN C. BAIRD WM. BALLANTINE JOHN BALLANTINE WM. BELL ALEX. BELL HUGH BELL JANET BELL ROBT. BINNIE WM. BLACKHALL JN. DCM. BLACKHALL THOS. BOYD JOHN BRAID ANDW. BROWN ALEX. BROWN ALEX. BROWN WM. BURDEN JAS BURDEN JOHN BURNSIDE ALEX. CAMERON ALEX. CAMPBELL JACK SHIELDS ALEX.

CAMPBELL JOHN DEMPSTER GEO. CAMPBELL JOHN A DEVINE JAS K. CAMPBELL PETER DICK RBT. CAMPBELL RICHD. DICK WM B. CAMPBELL ROBY. DICKSON WM. CAMPBELL SAM. DINGWALL JOHN CHALMERS THOS. DONOGHUE FRANK CLARK ALEX. DOUGALL HUGH CLARK MATT. DOUGALL THOS. CLARK WM. DOUGALL WM. MM. COCKBURN RBT. DOUGLAS WM. CONNELL ALEX. DRUMMOND ALEX. CONNELL JOHN DRUMMOND HENRY CONNELL WM. DRUMMOND TELFER COOPER WM. DRYBURGH DAV. COPLAND JOHN DUNDAS THOS. COPLAND SAM EDWARDS DAV. COUTTS JOHN EDWARDS RBT. CROWE DON. FERGUSON ADAM D. CROWE MARGT. FERGUSON DAV. CROWE RBT. FERGUSON HUGH CUMMINGS CHAS. FERRIE JOHN CUMMINGS GEO. FLEMING WM. CUMMINGS JAS. M. FRASER WM. CUNNINGHAM ARCHD. FREW RBT. CUNNINGHAM JOHN FREW RBT. CUNNINGHAM JN M. DCM. FULTON JAS. DALGLEICH LAW FULTON JOHN DALGLEISH WM. FULTON RBT. MSM. DAVIDSON JOHN GARDINER JAS.

GIBSON ALEX. GIBSON DAV. GIBSON JAS. GILLESPIE FRANK C. GILLESPIE JOHN MM. GILLES[IE WM. GLOGLEY JAS. GLOGLEY JOHN GLOGLY RBT. GRANT ALEX. GRANT JOHN GRANT LEWIS HAMILTON CHAS. HAMILTON JAS. F. HAMILTON JOHN HAMILTON WM. HARLEY CHAS HARLEY JOHN HARLEY THOS. HARLEY THOS. HARRISON JAS. B. HEEPS THOS. HENDERSON ALEX. HENDERSON DON. HENDERSON GEO HORNE WM. HUNTER JAS. IMRIE WM. IRVINE JOHN A. IRVINE WM.

JACK DAV. N. MITCHELL DAV. L. MCINTOSH DON. PATON RBT. JACKSON WALTER MITCHELL HARRY J. MCINTOSH JOHN PEAT WM. JOHNSTON THOS. MITCHELL HERBT. J. MCINTYRE DON. MM BAR OMG. POLLOCK JAS. KEIR ADAM MONTGOMERY ANDW. MCINTYRE WM. PORTEOUS BEN. KEIR DAV. MOODIE RBT. MACKAY WM. PORTEOUS JOHN P. KEIR JOHN ASM. MOODIE RBT MM. MCKENZIE DRUMMOND PORTEOUS JOHN R. KEIR RBT. MOODIE WM. MCKENZIE GEO. PRATTIS JAS. KELLY THOS. MORRIS WM. MCKENZIE J. D. PRATTIS JOHN KYDD GEO. W. MORRISON ALEX. MCLACHLAN JAS. MCP. PRENTICE GEO. KYDD JAS. MORRISON CHAS. C. MCLACHLAN RBT. PRICE FRED KYDD JOHN MORRISON JAS. MACLAINE COLIN PROVAN ALEX. KYDD WM. MORRISON JAS. MCLAY ALEX MM. PROVAN RBT. LEARMONTH GEO. MORRISON RBT. MCLAY CHAS. RAMSAY JACK LEARMONTH JOHN MORRISON THOS. MCLAY JAS. RANKINE DON. LIVINGSTON ALEX. MCQ. MORRISON WALTER MCLEOD DAV. RANKINE JAS. LIVINGSTON JAS. MORRISON WM. MCMARTIN JOHN RANKINE PETER LOCKHART ARCH. MCBETH JOS MCMARTIN JOHN RANKINE THOS. MARSHALL WM. MCBRIDE WM. MCMARTIN RBT. RANKINE THOS. MARTIN ALEX. MACDONALD HECTOR MCMILLAN ANDW. REILLY ALEX. MASTERTON THOS. MCDOUGALL THOS. MCQUEEN J. S. RENNIE DAV. MAXWELL COLIN MCFARLANE ROD. MM. BAR MCQUEEN JAS. REVIE RBT. MAXWELL THOS. MCFARLANE WM MCQUEEN WM. RICHARDSON ED. G. MAXWELL WALTER MACFARLANE IRVINE PATERSON DAN. R. RICHARDSON JAS. MAXWELL WM MACFARLANE WM. PATERSON DAV. M. RICHARDSON LILY MILLER DAV. P. MCGINLAY JAS. PATERSON JAS. RICHARDSON MARY MILLER JOHN H. SEN. MCGINLEY JOHN PATERSON JOHN RICHARDSON NETTY MILLER JOHN H. JUN. MCGINLEY RBT. PATERSON JOHN RICHMOND JAS MILLER RBT. MCGINLEY WALTER PATERSON RBT. DCM RICHMOND JOHN MILLER WM. MCGOWAN JOHN PATERSON RBT. ROBERTS DAV. MITCHELL ALEX. MCGREGOR CHAS. PATRSON WALTER ROBERTS JAS.

ROBERTS JOHN ROBERTSON HUGH S. ROBERTSON JOHN ROBERTSON MITCHL. ROBERTSON RBT. ROBERTSON WM. ROBINSON JAS. ROBINSON WM. RONALD ARCHD. RONALD JAS. ROSS JOHN ROSS RICHD. ROSS RBT. ROSS SAM. ROY ANDW. ROY DAV. ROY WM. RULE ALEX. RULE THOS. SAVOY PETER SHARP DAV. SHIELDS ALEX. SIBBALD RBT. SIBBALD WM. SILCOCK DAV. SILCOCK JOHN SIMONS DAV. SIMPSON GEO. SIMPSON WM. SINCLAIR JAS.

SINCLAIR RBT. SINCLAIR WM. SLIGO ALEX. SLIGO JAS. SMART RBT C. SMITH ALEX. SMITH ALEX. H.S. SMITH JAC. L. SMITH JOHN SORLEY JOHN SPENCE JOHN STEEL ALEX. STEEL JAS. STEEL JOHN STEELE ALEX. STEELE JAS STEELE JOHN MCK. STEWART CHAS. STEWART DAN.R. DCM. STEWART DAV. STEWART JAS. STEWART JOHN STEWART RBT. STEWART WM. STODDART CHAS. STODDART JAS. MCL. STODDART JOHN STRATHIE JAS. STRATHIE JOHN STRUTHERS PETER

SWAN RBT. TAYLOR HENRY DCM. TAYLOR MARTIN TAYLOR RBT. M.R. TAYLOR WM. R. TODD JAS. TROTTER JAS. TURNBULL CHAS. TURNBULL JAS. TURNBULL JOHN WADDELL THOS J.A. WADDELL WM. WALKER CHAS. WALKER JOHN WALKER RBT. S. WALKER THOS. WARDROPE JOHN R. MC. WATSON JOHN WAUGH ADAM WELTON MARK A. WEST JOHN WILLIAMSON JOHN WILLIAMSON RBT WILLIAMSON WM WILSON RBT WRIGHT ALEX. WRIGHT JAS. WRIGHT JOHN WRIGHT WM. YATES ALEX. YOUNG ANDW. WALKER JAS.

Camelon Parish Church (St John’s) (SMR955) The lives of two hundred and sixty-three men belonging to the quoad sacra parish of Camelon were sacrificed in defence of King and country during the great war of 1914-1918. To perpetuate their memory a beautifully designed scroll memorial was unveiled by Colonel Robertson, V.C., O.B.E., at an impressive ceremony held in Camelon Parish Church in January 1921. The memorial, which was erected in the centre of the church directly in front of the choir place and in full view of the congregation, is encased in a handsome oak frame. The scroll design, by Mr S. Arch. D. Webster, is simple but effective, and the names of the fallen are inscribed over a background of blue and white, representing the sky. Above the 263 names there is the inscription "Giving thanks to God for the honoured memory of the Camelon men who entered into rest in the Great War. 1914-1918." while underneath are the words "We who loved and honoured them have dedicated this record of the gallant dead."

St Andrew’s Church (SMR 931) 34 members of the congregation are commemorated on the memorial in this church, which was unveiled by Miss Orr of Kinnaird in April 1921. The memorial takes the form of two panels inserted in the organ case, one at either side of the pulpit, and in full view of the congregation. The panels are of oak with carved surrounds, and surmounting each is a large Saint Andrew’s cross in blue and white relief. The surrounds are also relieved by touches of blue, while the lettering is of ebony. The inscription they bear and the names of the fallen are as follows: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914-1919.” “ROBERT BELL, DAVID P. BLACK, EDWARD S. BROWN, EDWARD J. BRYSON, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, JAMES CLARK, JOHN COCHRANE, PETER COCHRANE, COLIN CURRIE, ANDREW B. GARDNER, JAMES GARDNER, WILLIAM S. JOHNSTON, JAMES LIDDELL, GEORGE McAULAY, CHARLES McCALL, SENR., CHARLES MCCALL, JUNR., HENRY MCCALL, FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”. WILLIAM McKENDRICK, JOSEPH McLEAN, GEORGE McMURTRIE, ALEXANDER MACPHERSON, JOHN MARTIN, WILLIAM MARTIN, ARTHUR R. ORR, WILLIAM PATERSON, WILLIAM PENDER, ROBERT SIMPSON, THOMAS STRANG, PETER TAYLOR, GEORGE K. WALKER, JOHN WALKER, J. DOUGLAS D. WATT, THOMAS WAUGH, GILBERT WILKIE, LEST WE FORGET.”

The church roll of honour, which contains the names of 173 men and women who served in the war, was unveiled at the same time as the tablet, and the service was conducted by the Rev. J.B. Johnston, B.D. It takes the form of a parchment, suitably mounted and in a simple oak frame, and is placed in the main vestibule of the church. The list of names has an architectural setting in the style of Late French Renaissance, and the whole is executed in delicate colourings. The royal coat-of-arms, with a group of flags, is the distinctive point of the design, and to right and left are cartouches containing the crest of the church and the figure of St Andrew. Throughout the work is full of features symbolical of the church’s part in the war and of the achievements of the fighting forces. It was the work of Robert Wilson, A.R.I.B.A., who gave his time freely. He had held a commission during the war in the Royal Engineers, and was a member and deacon of St Andrew’s U.F. Church. 36

Carmuirs Merchant Navy War Memorial (SMR2069) A large steel anchor with splayed terminals stands erect in a fenced enclosure adjacent to the Carmuirs Co-op. It was dedicated to the Merchant Navy in 2010 and appropriately fronts on to Mariner Street. Links of the chain extend from the top to the ground. A metal plaque at its foot reads: “IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN/ AND WOMEN OF THE/MERCHANT NAVY/ FROM THE DISTRICT OF FALKIRK/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ IN TIMES OF PERIL/ MANY OF WHOM MADE/ THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE/ NOVEMBER 2010”

Falkirk Baptist Church (SMR1101) 64 men from the congregation joined up. One of the deacons, George Donaldson, was killed in Palestine in November 1917. The Roll of Honour (20th list) printed in the Scottish Baptist Magazine in 1918 gives the name of 9 men from Falkirk Baptist Church who died. In January 1919 discussions started on a suitable war memorial and two brass plates were considered – one bearing the names of those who had served and the other the names of those killed. A memorial committee was set up in 1923, but no plates were produced.

Bainsford Church (SMR2041) The memorial to the men of Bainsford Church who gave their lives in the Second World War takes the form of a baptismal font and bears a bronze tablet suitably inscribed with the names of the fallen. The font is of a specially selected oak to harmonise with the Communion table and chairs and is of a design to suit ecclesiastical purposes. The inscription on the tablet is as follows:- “To the glory of God, and in memory of William Foley, John King, Laurence McDonald, George Milroy, Andrew L. Mochar, Richard Montgomery, James Scott, George Scott, George Shirra, William Simpson, Robert Todd, James Waddell, George Whyte, who gave their lives in the Second World War, 1939 – 1945.” Andrew Simpson, a senior elder, the father of one of the fallen, unveiled the memorial in June 1951. The Rev. J. M. McAllister, minister of the church, dedicated the font and then read the names of the fallen. Two minutes silence was observed and the silence was broken with the buglers sounding the 37

“Last Post”. A prayer followed and the “Reveille” was sounded by George Fowler, Capt. of 2nd Polmont Boys' Brigade and Alexander Myles, R.N.

GRANGEMOUTH Kerse Church (SMR884)

The First World War memorial is placed to the north of the chancel arch. It consists of a veined white marble rectangular tablet set into a cast bronze frame decorated with bay leaves placed on a sandstone plaque with a bead and rod border. The dedication on the tablet is in bronze relief, and the names of the fallen in gold lettering. The tablet is surmounted by an open cast bronze laurel wreath with a gold cross in the upper aperture. It was designed by Dr P McGregor Chalmers, Glasgow. The dedication service in May 1921 was conducted by Rev. W A Knowles, Dalton, the first minister of the church.

The inscription begins in large black letters “TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ MCMXIV- MCMXIX THE/ COMMUNION TABLE IS/ DEDICATED/” And continues in smaller gold lettering: RONALD M. ANDERSON EDWARD W. ANDERSON HENRY BROCK ANDREW DOUGALL WILLIAM DRYSDALE DAVID S. HAMILTON JOHN HOGG PETER KEMP JAMES KEMP ROBERT KEMP ARCHIBALD LEARMONTH ROBERT MARSHALL PETER MILNE WILLIAM MILNE ROBERT MITCHELL

WILLIAM NICOLSON JAMES A. RALPH ROBERT ROBERTSON JAMES SHARP JOHN SHORT EDWARD SMITH M.M. M.S.M. JAMES STEWART ALEXANDER STRANG JOSEPH STRANG ARCHIBALD A. TAYLOR JOHN REID TAYLOR ANDREW B. THOMSON DAVID M. WALKER ROBERT WALLACE

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR IS FRIENDS”.”

The oak communion table referred to is placed in the chancel. The table is richly carved with a design of grapes and vine leaves round the cornice, the Cross in the centre panel, and ornate panels to right and left.

A little to its north and at a lower level is the bronze panel commemorating the Second World War. It is rectangular with a low arched centre with raised lettering and decoration set on an unpolished background. The decoration consists of an eternal flame burning atop a pole born urn crossed by two sprigs of laurel on either side of the inscription. These rich motifs contrast with the plain borders and rusticated back.

The inscription is: “1939-1945/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/. DAVID BAIN, ROBERT M. BUCHAN , ALEXANDER CAMERON, WILLIAM C. MILLAR, JOSPEH A. WARNER,

M.N. R.A.F. M.N. M.N. 2ND A.&S.H.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.” The name of the manufacturer is stamped on the bottom right corner - ROSSORLK Co Ltd, London, WC1”.

Dundas Church (SMR100) This memorial is now fixed to the wall just to the south of the chancel arch of Abbotsgrange Church. A rectangular brass plaque with plain borders punctuated by square rosettes. The cast inscription reads: 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD AND IN HONOUR/ OF THE 66 MEN AND 4 NURSES/ FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR - / AND NOTABLY IN THE AFFECTIONATE/ REMEBRANCE OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/

AITKEN. JAS BAXTER. GORDON BAXTER. JOHN R. DONALD. THOS. J. GILBERT. EDWARD LAWRIE. THOS. MILLAR. DAVID H. MITCHELL. JOHN T. Mc.LEOD. JOSEPH PEDDIE. WM. B. SCADE. JAMES SMITH. JAMES THOMSON. ALEX.

2ND LT GNR PTE L.CPL PTE 2ND LT GNR. PTE RIFLEMAN PTE PTE SAPPER

C.H. R.G.A. A.I.F. S.H. G.H. K.O.Y.L.I. R.S. R.F.A. R.S.F. Q.O.W.R. C.H. C.H. R.E.

AND IN MEMORY OF WHOM THE/ CHANCEL WINDOWS ARE ERECTED”.

Grangemouth West Church (SMR880) The memorial was a large oblong of bronze set in a frame of green Swedish marble, the tone being rich, soft and warm. The letters stand out in bold relief in sunken rectangular panels, and the border is similarly executed with black paint in the background. The ornate border has a flowing scroll of Tudor roses and leaves. Some of the flower heads have fixing screws at their centres. It was executed by Messrs Allan and Sons, 4 George Place, Edinburgh, to a drawing by, and under the superintendence of, Mr John Kinross, A.R.S.R.. Beneath the superscription “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE BELONGING/ TO THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919" the following names were inscribed:Pte. J.C. ALLWART, 17th H.L.I. Sgt. R.S.BURNS, 1st C.H. Pte. D. CLARK,10th A. & S.H. Lt. W.T. GALBRAITH, R.F.C. Pte. J. INKSTER, 1st G.H. Pte. W. LAMOND, H.C.B. Pte. R. MATHEW, R.N. Pte. R. MERCER, 1/6th R.H. R. McGEOCH, 7th A. & S.H. Lt. J. MACGOWAN, R.A.M.C. Pte. C. PATERSON, 1st G.H. Sgt. A.R. TAYLOR, 10th A & S.H. Lt. R. WATT, 11th R.F. Below there was the epitaph "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,/ AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE”. The memorial was unveiled in the church, but later fixed in the vestibule. At the ceremony in November 1920 it was covered by the Union Jack, and then unveiled by Mrs Mitchell, one of the oldest workers in the church. “The congregation remained standing while Mr Riddick read over the names engraved on the tablet. All present were deeply moved. The organist gave a beautiful rendering of "The Flowers of the Forest" and after the benediction had been pronounced the "Last Post" was sounded by Bugler Peter McKellar, late of the 7th Scottish Rifles, the haunting notes of the 41

familiar call striking a chord of deepest pathos. With the singing of the National Anthem, a very touching and memorable service came to a close.” After the church was demolished the bronze table found its way into the collections of the Grangemouth Heritage Trust and is currently (2013) fixed to the wall of the entrance foyer. The marble has been replaced by a simple wooden picture frame. A second plaque, presumably from this church, was set up after the Second World War. It is a rectangular brass plaque with raised lettering, the background painted black. There is a simple beaded border, now placed within a wide wooden (oak?) frame and attached to the wall near the entrance to the Grangemouth Heritage Trust. “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ PTE. ALEXANDER SYDSERFF DAVIDSON 7TH A. & S.H. FIREMAN JOHN FLANNIGAN MERCHANT NAVY SERGEANT JOHN GRASSOM ROYAL AIR FORCE MARINE ENGR JAMES HUTCHISON MERCHANT NAVY PTE. JAMES RAMAGE SNEDDON JOHNSTON 2ND A. & S. H. PETTY OFFICER DAVID RUSSELL ROYAL NAVY “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”.”

Charing Cross Church (SMR885) A white marble tablet faced with a smaller tablet of polished brass. 38 names of those killed were cut out and filled with black, contrasting with the white and red of the border. The dedication read: “To the glory of God and in loving memory of the brave young men belonging to this church who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918.” The names are: “Hugh P.S. Allan, John Adams, William Brown, William N Combe, Peter Campbell, William Cruikshank, Robert P Charleston, Donald Campbell, Fred Grant, David Graham, Samuel Gray, William Hector, John Hector, Thomas Inkster, Robert Inkster, David Kemp, William Kay, George Kay, James Harry Keir, James WS Kerr, Roy F Millar, George M Millar, Peter Murray, James McLean, William Oliphant, David Oliphant, John 42

Oliphant, Wm ES Ripsley, Alex Ross, Wm T Smeall, John Smith, Thomas Smith, David Sneddon, James Urquhart, David Wilson, Alex Bruce Walmsley, Hugh Young, Alexander Young. Underneath are the words: “They counted not their lives dear.” The plaque was temporarily fixed to the front of the pulpit for the unveiling ceremony in June 1921. Rev. T Fraser read the names of the fallen and Mrs Houston unveiled the memorial. The last Post was sounded and then Rev. Dr McLean Watt spoke. Present were the Boys’ Brigade, a contingent of sailors from an Admiralty ship in Grangemouth Docks, and ex-servicemen as well as church officials and the congregation. The tablet was soon moved to the vestibule facing the right-hand outer door.

A simple rectangular brass plaque with plain lined border, now set into a plain picture frame and mounted onto the wall at the entrance to the Grangemouth Heritage Trust. The lettering is engraved and picked out in black. “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS./

1914-1918 JOHN ADAMS HUGH ALLAN WILLIAM BROWN DONALD CAMPBELL PETER CAMPBELL ROBERT CHARLESTON WILLIAM COMBE WILLIAM CRUIKSHANK DAVID GRAHAM FRED. GRANT SAMUEL GRAY JOHN HECTOR WILLIAM HECTOR

ROBERT INKSTER THOMAS INKSTER GEORGE KAY WILLIAM KAY DAVID KEMP HARRY KERR JAMES KERR GEORGE MILLAR ROY MILLAR PETER MURRAY JAMES McLEAN DAVID OLIPHANT

1939-1945 JOHN OLIPHANT JAMES BINNIE WILLIAM OLIPHANT JOHN CAMPBELL WILLIAM RIPLEY DAVID GAIRNS ALEXANDER ROSS ROBERT KINCAID WILLIAM SMEALL DUNCAN McKERRACHER JOHN SMITH ARCHIBALD McLAREN THOMAS SMITH GEORGE SIMPSON DAVID SNEDDON JAMES URQUHART ALEXANDER WALMSLEY DAVID WILSON ALEXANDER YOUNG HUGH YOUNG

THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR”

Zetland Parish Church SMR276) A rectangular white marble plaque with a broad deeply carved border of ovolo set in the corners with acanthus leaves and with a sprig of laurel along the bottom. The upper part of the panel shows a crowned angel kneeling to either side of a shield, which they support and which bears the initials “ihs” surmounted by a crown. The main text reads: “+ ERECTED BY THIS CONGREGATION/ TO COMMEORATE WITH THANKS TO/ ALMIGHTY GOD THE SACRIFICE OF NINE &/ FORTY OF ITS MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS/ WHO SERVED ON LAND AND SEA IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND WHO FELL IN/ BATTLE DIED OF WOUNDS OR SUCCUMBED/ TO ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN SERVICE/

A. BROWN A.& S.H. W. KERR S.H. A. RAMSAY J.BURNS A. & S.H. T. LEISHMAN W.R. J. RAMSAY D. CAMPBELL A. & S.H. W. LEISHMAN C.P. G. ROBB G. CAMPBELL N.Z.F. T. MARTIN A. & S.H. A. ROBERTSON T. COLLINS A. & S.H. G. MARSHALL G.H. J. SMITH R.M. DENNISTOUN, M.M. R. MATHIE, M.M. S.R. JAS. SMITH T. DENNISTOUN, M.M. R.S. J. MEIKLE R.S. W. SMITH J. GARDINER A. & S.H. T. MEIKLE R.S. J. STRATHIE J.H. GEDDES R.H. R. MACKAY A. & S.H. W. STEVENSON G. GRAHAM R.H. J. MCAINSH L.S. J.C.SUTHERLAND A. HAMILTON A. & S.H. A. MCGEOCH R.F.A. J. SWORD A. HENDRIE A. & S.H. J.M.MCLAUCHLAN H.L.I. J. TOCHER J. HENDRIE G.H. A. MCPHEE P.P.C.L.I. J. WALKER R. HOWIESON R.E. T. MCPHERSON R.N.D. T. WARDLAW R. JAMIESON G.H. T. NEILL CHES. R. D. WATSON J. KERR G.H. A. PETRIE A. & S.H. R. WILSON J. STEVENSON H.M.S. QUEEN MARY. “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I/ WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.””

R.N.D. R.N.D. G.H. A. & S.H. G.S. G.S. G.H. R.E. R.N.D. R.G.A. A. & S.H. R.N. S.R. A. & S.H. G.H. R.N.D.

Kerse Church (now Abbotsgrange) (SMR884) The memorials take the form of an oak communion table placed in the chancel, and a marble tablet on the wall between the chancel and the choir door. The table is richly carved with a design of grapes and vine leaves round the cornice, the Cross in the centre panel, and ornate panels to right and left. The veined white marble tablet has a bronze border of bay leaves an inch from the edge, the 44

dedication in bronze relief, and the names of the fallen in gold lettering. On the wall immediately above is a wreath of laurel leaves, also bronze, surmounted by a gold cross. These were designed by Dr P McGregor Chalmers, Glasgow. The names on the tablet are as follows, preceded by the words:- "To the glory of God, in memory of those who fell in the war, MCMXIV-MCMXIX, the communion table is dedicated": - Ronald M Anderson, Edward W Anderson, Henry Brock, Andrew Dougall, William Drysdale, David S Hamilton, John Hogg, Peter Kemp, James Kemp, Robert Kemp, Archibald Learmonth, Robert Marshall, Peter Milne, William Milne, Robert Mitchell, William Nicolson, James A Ralph, Robert Robertson, James Sharp, John Short, Edward Smith, MM., MSM., James Stewart, Alex Strang, Joseph Strang, Archibald A Taylor, John Reid Taylor, Andrew B Thomson, David M Walker, Robert Wallace. At the foot of the tablet are the lines:- "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". Rev. W A Knowles, Dalton, the first minister of the church, conducted the dedication service and rev Mr Brown performed the unveiling in May 1921.

St Mary’s Episcopalian Church (SMR1472) A polychrome rood is suspended from the chancel arch of this church. It was gifted by a member of the congregation whose son was killed in the Second World War to honour all of those who did not return. The dominant colour is pale blue. In the centre is the crucifix and to either side is a full length figure of a man and a woman. Above Christ’s head is a curving white ribbon inscribed “INRI” and along the basal bar “GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD”

Muirhead’s Woodyard Thick vertical brass tablet with a dappled background and polished flat finish to the borders. There is a rectangular inset at the top right, in art deco style, containing a cross. “TO THE SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE EMPLOYEES OF/ MUIRHEAD & SONS LTD/ GRANGEMOUTH SAWMILLS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE 45

SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ ROBERT ANDERSON WILLIAM MARSHALL A.L. CAMPBELL GEORGE RUSSELL JOHN JOHNSTONE WILLIAM DICKSON ARCHIE MARSHALL WILLIAM IMRIE ROBERT BUCHAN, D.F.C.

“THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVER”.” It is now in the foyer of the Grangemouth Heritage Trust.

ICI Located half way up the stairs in the West Area Amenities Block (WAAB), which faces Beancross Road. It is a metal (cast iron with coating?) plaque imitating in form wall memorials in churches with bottom brackets and a pedimented arched top. A square panel in the pediment contains a lion, and there are laurel sprigs down the sides. “IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD/ SCOTTISH DYES WORKS/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ W. COWAN J. CUNNINGHAM S. HARRISON J. LOWRIE A.W. MULHALL D.S.MCGREGOR W. MCQUEEN J. ROBERTS J. SNEDDON A. TODD”

Grangemouth Rechabite Hall (SMR1717) The memorial was executed by the firm of Archibald Hamilton, Glasgow, in the form of a tablet of polished brass, inset in a pillowed oak frame. The insignia of the Gem of the Forth Tent, I.O.R., surrounded the design, within a wreath of thistles, and a scroll coloured with red and blue. A figure of Britannia at the left side holding the wreath of victory in outstretched hand, with the Union Jack also in colour, dominates the design. The lettering reads:- “In everlasting remembrance of the members of this tent who gave their lives in the Great War.” Then came the names of the dead, and beneath “And in commemoration of the other 220 members who responded to their country’s call.” The dates 1914 – 1919 and the quotation “Their names liveth for evermore” appears in gilt lettering along the bottom of the oak frame. 46

The names on the memorial are:- John Brunton, Robert Charleston, David Clark, Andrew Dougal, William Fleming, Gordon Graham, David Hamilton, William Hector, Samuel Horne, Robert W. Inkster, Thomas Inkster, Robert Jamieson, John Jamieson, Thomas Laidlaw, David Kemp, Duncan Macdonald, Archibald McGeoch, Robert Mathie, J. Millgrew, Thomas Moodie, William Murdoch, Alexander Nicholson, James Ralph, Alex. Ramsay, J. Scada, Andrew Scott, James Sharp, James Smith, Edward Wilson, David Wilson, Robert Watt, Hugh Young, Samuel Gray.â&#x20AC;? It was unveiled in November 1921 by Bro. Thomas Stewart. Those present included delegates from all sub districts. The present location of this monument is unknown. The Rechabite Hall, which stood off Lumley Street, was demolished in the 1960s.

LARBERT Larbert Parish Church (SMR127) “THE OAK SCREEN IN THE CHANCEL WAS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1918 MAJOR J.F. JONES LIEUT. JOHN GEORGE SHERRIFF C.S.M. THOMAS INGLIS SGT. FRED REID SGT. ALEX. TASKER SGT. JOHN THOMSON CPL. ANDREW MCCOWAN CPL. HENRY PHILIP CPL. THOS. ROBB L/CPL. J.E. GIBSON L/CPL ROWLAND HILL L/CPL ROBERT MURRAY L/CPL. JAMES STEELE PTE. WM. ARMIT PTE. JAMES BAIRD PTE. ABNER BORTHWICK PTE. G.F. BROCK PTE. DONALD CAMERON PTE. JAMES COWAN PTE. ALEX. ESSLEMONT PTE. THOS. FOOTE PTE. WM. STEWART PTE. ROBERT THURSBY SGT ROBERT EDGAR PTE. CHAS. MAITLAND PTE. GEORGE MCDOUGAL CPL. FRANCIS CROMBIE L/CPL WM. DICKMAN L/CPL THOS. MENZIES L/CPL GEO RITCHIE PTE ANDREW AITKEN PTE JOHN ANDERSON PTE JAS FERGUSON PTE FRANCIS GRANT PTE RICHARD PATERSON SGT GEORGE MITCHELL PTE ALEX COOK PTE JAMES GARDNER PTE ROBT HODGE PTE ARCH LENNOX TROOPER WALTER SCOTT PTE THOS FORRESTER

A.&S.H. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “

CAMERON HIGHRS

“ CANADIANS

“ “ GORDON HIGHRS

“ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ H.L.I. “ “ “ “ HUSSARS K.O.S.B.

PTE. WM. JARVIE A.&S.H. PTE. DONALD JENKINS “ PTE. DAVID JOHNMAN “ PTE. ANDREW JOHNSTON “ PTE. WM. KERR “ PTE. FRANCIS LORN “ PTE. HUGH MARTIN “ PTE. J.E. MENZIES “ PTE. T.B. MILLER “ PTE. JOHN MCDONALD “ PTE. DUNCAN MCLACHLAN “ PTE. M. MCNICOL “ PTE. WM. PHILIP “ PTE. ALEX. ROBERTSON “ PTE. JAMES SCOTT “ PTE. JOHN SCOTT “ PTE. JAMES SCOTT “ PTE. J.W.STODDART “ PTE. ROBT. TAYLOR “ PTE. J.M.JOINER AUSTRALIAN –ER FORCE PTE. EBEN. RENNIE M.M. CAMERON HDRS PTE WM HUNTER

K.O.S.B.

PTE JAMES SCOTT

E. LANCS REGIMENT

L/CPL JOHN GRANT

LANCS FUSILIERS

L/CPL WALTER HOTSON L/CPL JOHN HASTINGS

LONDON REGT M.G.C.

PTE JOS. BLAIR

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PTE ANDREW GARDNER 2ND LT ALEX A SHERRIFF 1ST NORTHAMPTS. LT --- MILLAR NORTHUMBERLAND FUS. AM GRAHAM THOMSON R.A.F. PTE ALEX BINNIE R.A.M.C. CPL WILLIAM ANDERSON R.A.S.C. PTE ALEX LOGAN --PTE JAMES B McILROY ROYAL BERKS REGT PTE SA WHITE --SPR DAVID EWING ROYAL ENGINEERS SPR WM REID “ LT GEO REID ROYAL FIELD ARTILLIERY GNR DAN. BUCHANAN “ GNR WE GIBSON “ GNR AF McARTHUR “

DVR JOS. BALFOUR RFA. PTE SAM GRAY PTE JOHN COCKBURN BLACK WATCH (RH) PTE N.D. RANKINE PTE ALEX. GENTLES “ PTE WM. SCOTT PTE DAVID GLANVILLE “ PTE CHAS. JOHNSTON PTE THOMAS HANNAH “ PTE JOHN RAMSAY PTE JOHN MCFARLANE “ CAPT A. ROXBURGHE ORR AB JOHN DAVIE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION PTE THOMAS GARDNER AB J.A. FERGUSON “ CPL WM. LEWIS AB ALEX GIBB “ PTE WM. GOOD AB ROBERT HILL “ L/CPL ROBERT WATSON MM AB HECTOR MCPHAIL “ PTE HUGH HAMILTON AB WM. REID “ PTE WM MCDONALD AB EBEN. REID “ PTE DUGALD RANKINE AB WM. SINCLAIR “ PTE DAVID RUNCIMAN AB WM. TASKER “ PTE HENRY THOMSON AB JAMES QUINN “ PTE THOS. WHITTET CHF.S FULTON GILLESPIE RNVR PTE JOHN WOOD CPL ROBERT WAUGH ROYAL SCOTS SGT ROBERT STEWART DOBBIE PTE ROBERT BROWN “ PTE THOMAS COWAN MM “ PTE WM. FERGUSON “

ROYAL SCOTS “ “ RSF “ SG SCOTTISH HORSE CAMERONIANS (SR) “ SH “ “ “ “ “ “ YORKS & LANCS LI RAF

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945” SGT RONNIE BAIRD L/CPL WM BALLANTYNE PTE THOMAS DYER P/TPR DAVID C FAIRWEATHER DANIEL GRIFFITHS P/O THOMAS HAIG JNR

RAF BLACK WATCH RAOC 1ST SAS MN RAF

FSG/O HUGH M. MATHESON RAFVR ENG/O JOSEH MITCHELL MN GNR CHARLES MORRISON RA SGT MCKENZIE MUIRHEAD RAFVR CAPT NORMAN R. MUNN 2ND CAMERONIANS PTE EDWARD MCCALLUM 6TH AIRBOURNE REG P/O WILLIAM G. SINGER CPL JAMES F.G WYLLIE JAMES C. YOUNG N/SIS AGNES M.G.YOUNG

CAPT JAMES BRUCE JONES A&SH CAPT REID BRUCE JONES A&SH S/LIEUT ROBERT C KAY FLEET AIR ARM RNVR SIG ROBERT M KELLY RN SGT ANDREW KIRKWOOD A&SH FRED MACHEN MN SGT/O JAMES MCINTYRE LAC HUGH MCLEOD PTE WILLIAM MCLUCKIE GNR DAVID Y. MCPHAIL STOKER WILLIAM N. NEISH SGT/PILOT DAVID L REID

RAFVR RAF RASC RA RN RAFVR

RAF A&SH MN MA--VAR NURSING SERVICE

THIER NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

Larbert West Church (SMR0131) The memorial - a stone plaque with black lettering set into a rectangular cast brass frame - was unveiled on 17 September 1922. The border contains simple line decoration punctuated with small 49

thistle rosettes. The inside edge of the frame forms a short cross, the spandrels of which contain the dates 1914, 1919, 1939 and 1945. A ribbon along the bottom reads “LEST WE FORGET”. The main inscription is: “IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ JOHN ADAM SCOT, RIF. DANIEL AITKEN, A. & S.H. JAMES BINNIE, A. & S.H.

G.S.

JAMES GRAHAM, A. & S.H. FRANICS H. GRANT, GORDON HRS. JOHN GRANT, LANC. FUS. ROBERT HEGGISON, GORDON HRS. GEORGE JOHNSTON, R.S. FUS. L/CPL. JOHN LAVERIE, CAM. HRS. ARCHIBALD LENNOX, H.L.I. L/CPL. JOHN MCLAREN, SCOT. RIF. JAMES SHIRRA, 11TH HUSSARS. JOHN TAYLOR, E. YORKS. WILLIAM THOMSON, A. & S.H. ALEX. S. WALKER, GORDON HRS. CAPT. GRAHAME H. WADE, A. & S.H. LIEUT. MALCOLM R. WALKER, A. & S.H. F/SGT. RICHARD FOWLER F/LT ALEX. M. CUMMINGS

The frame and the last two names were added after the Second World War and were dedicated on Remembrance Day 1951.

Stenhouse Parish Church [McLaren Memorial Church] (SMR130) A carved oak communion table made to designs by Sir J.J. Burnet, the architect of the church and manse. The figures of Jesus, St Andrew and St George were modelled by William Vickers and carved by Mr Porter, the foreman carver with Wyllie & Lochhead Ltd. The colouring was carried out by a Glasgow artist after studying the east window. The communion table occupies the raised dressed red sandstone plinth of its predecessor. The table top over-sails the sides and caps the tops of three niches. These niches have fretwork canopies and are located at the two front corners and in the centre of the front face. Each is occupied by a carved painted wooden figure. On the left is St Andrew carrying his cross; in the centre is Christ with his arms outstretched and a kneeling angel praying to either side; and on the right is St George in armour holding his sword with the point resting on the ground. Between each figure is a panel containing nine shields, the centre one being slightly larger than the rest. A name is carved in relief on each shield except the central one, which bears a longer sentence. There are nine further shields on the south end of the table and ten on the north. The background between the shields is filled with gilded oak leaves and acorns. A broad vine band with berries forms a cornice scroll along the top. The greater part of the cost was provided by a legacy from Lt John George Sherriff of Stenhouse, one of those commemorated on the holy table. It was dedicated and unveiled by Rev. James MacGibbon, M.C., D.D., minister of Glasgow Cathedral, in March 1921. In July 1948 six more names were added for the Second World War, the carving also undertaken by Mr Porter.

[Front left] ARCHIBALD/ FAIR. PTE./ 12TH R. SCOTS ALEXANDE/R HILL/ SERGT. MAJ/ R.F.A. JAMES/ HILL/ GUNNER/ R.F.A. ARCHIBALD S./ HUNTER/ CAPT./ 7TH A.&S.H. TO/ THE MEN/ OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1919./ ROBERT G. HUNTER/ LIEUT./ 7TH A.&S.H. THOMAS/ INGLIS/ CPL./ 7TH A.&S.H. WILLIAM/ KEMP/ MECH./ R.A.F. DAVID M./ LANGLANDS/ PTE./ 18TH WELSH REGT. [Front right] JOSPEH/ LEWIS/ PTE./ K.O.Y.L.I. KENNETH/ MCDONALD/ LIEUT./ R.A.F. DAVID/ MCEWAN/ L.CPL./ 7TH A.&S.H. WILLIAM/ MCEWAN/ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H. GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS GEORGE/ MACFARLANE/ PIPE MAJ./ R. HIGHRS. JAMES/ MITCHELL/ L.S./ M.M. R.N.D. COLIN H./ NISBET/ L.CPL./ 7TH A.&S.H. ROBERT S/ PARKER/ L.CPL./ GORD. HIGHRS. THERE IS ONLY ONE HOLY ONE/ LORD JESUS/ CHRIST IN WHOM ARE WE [South end] HARRY/ PRESTON/ PTE./ R.N.D. ROBERT/ REID/ PTE./ --- SCOTS ALEXANDER N./ SHERRIFF/ 2ND LIEUT./ 14TH -----JOHN G./ SHERRIFF/ LIEUT./ 7TH A.&S.H. JOHN/ TAYLOR/ SGT./ ----ROBERT/ TAYLOR/ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H. DAVID F./ WILSON/ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H.

DANIEL/ WHYTE/ PTE./ 10TH A.&S.H. HENRY/ WHYTE/ ---/ 2ND A.&S.H. [North end] JAMES/ CAMPBELL/ PTE./ 2ND R.SCOTS JOHN A./ CARMICHAEL/ PTE./ 12TH R.SCOTS ANDREW/ CHESNEY/ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H. ROSS/ DALGETTY/ PTE./ 12TH R.SCOTS JAMES T.K./ DEA. M.A./ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H. ANDREW/ DICK/ L//CPL./ 11TH A.&S.H. JOHN/ DICK/ PTE./ 7TH A.&S.H. ADRIAN C./ DOUGLAS/ A.B./ R.N. JAMES/ DUNCAN/ PTE./ 35 CAMERONS JOHN/ DUNCAN/ PTE./ 8TH R.SCOTS

On the plinth along the front face another six shields have been added: 1939-1945 GEORGE/ BROOKES/ L//T/ R.N DAVID/ BRUCE/ PTE./ BLK.WATCH THOMAS/ MCLEAN/ SGT./ R.A.F. JAMES/ STEWART/ GNR./ R.A. ALAN/ SMITH/ SGT./ R.A.F./ JAMES/ WATSON/ CPL./ 1ST AIRBORNE

Carron UF Church (SMR1789) The war memorial from Carron Church was transferred to Stenhouse & Carron Parish Church after their union in 1963 and is now fixed to its south wall towards the east end of the aisle. It was unveiled by Colonel Henry Wade, C.M.G., D.S.O., Edinburgh, in March 1921. The memorial is of white Sicilian marble and is the work of Mr Roberts, Falkirk. It consists of a rectangular plaque sandwiched between Corinthian pilasters from which hang laurel festoons. The flat cornice has denticulated and ovolo bands. On either end of the entablature are the dates 1914 and 1919. The dates 1939 and 1945 occur towards the bottoms of the pilasters. The main tablet has black lettering that reads: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND INEVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR TRUTH LIBERTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE WAR./ BENJAMIN BUCHANAN, S. HORSE. JAMES A. S. BURGESS, R.A.M.C. JOHN CRAWFORD, S.R. WILLIAM DICK, A. & S.H. JAMES DUNCAN, A. & S.H. THOMAS GALBRAITH, R.A.S.C. W. ISAAC GODSON, R.E. CLEMENT P. HAGUE, R.S. SYDNEY C. HAGUE, BED. REGT. FRANCIS HOWDEN, A. & S.H.

JAMES H. LAING, A. & S.H. ROBERT MCCAIG, R.N.D. ROBERT MCGREGOR, R.F.A. ALBERT MILNE, G.H. THOMAS RAE, R.N.D. DAVID W. RUSSELL, R.S.F. ROBERT SMITH, A. & S.H. ROBERT STARK, R.S. ROBERT STEWART, A. & S.H. GEORGE WALKER, G.H. JOHN J. WILSON, A. & S.H. “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ IAN CUNNINGHAM, R.A.F. DAVID ALLAN, A. & S.H. JAMES D. LETHAM, R.A. JAMES D. CUMMING, R.A.F. ALEXANDER M. THOMSON, R.S.F. WALTER HALL, R.N. THOMAS L. LAING, R.A.F. JAMES WILSON, M.N.”

Tryst Golf Club Two phosphor-bronze plaques are attached to the whitewashed raised panel on the white harled north wall of the club house for the Tryst Golf course, overlooking a public footpath. A hood-mould, following the shape of the plaques is painted black. The upper plaque has an arched centre containing crossed golf clubs surrounded by thistles. The broad border is a simple “chain” interlace pattern. “1914 1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ MEMBERS OF THIS CLUB WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ JAMES BURNS ANDREW B. MCCRAE JAMES T.K. DEA JOHN NIVEN ROBERT S. DOBBIE GEORGE REID DONALD R. FRASER EBENEZER RENNIE JOHN HAYES JOHN A. RENNIE ARCHIBALD S. HUNTER ALEXR. N. SHERRIFF ROBERT G. HUNTER JOHN G. SHERRIFF JAMES F. JONES JOHN SUTHERLAND THOMAS B. MILLER GRAHAM H. WADE J. DOUGLAS WATT

THEY PLAYED THE GAME” The lower panel is rectangular and has the same interlace border. “AND THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. A. MCK. CUMMINGS THOMAS LAING THOMAS DOUGALL JAMES MCINTYRE JAMES BRUCE JONES IAN E.A. MUNDIE ROBERT C KAY GEORGE R. NIMMO JAMES F.G. WYLLIE”

POLMONT Polmont Old Parish Church (SMR257) This memorial stands at the foot of the north tower to the right of the main east door. It is placed centrally to the tower and covers the bottom of its lancet window. It is made from a durable closegrained sandstone whose dull grey colour contrasts with the warm honeysuckle colour of the ashlar masonry of the building. The backing or reredos has gently sloping sides and is set on a plain shallow platform or step. The bottom moulding of the reredos provides the stand for a simple stone plinth to which a rectangular brass plaque is attached. The central part of the base of this plaque is indented. It bears a short inscription and the names of the dead: “THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF POLMONT PARISH/ CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. MAJOR MORRIS, JAMES F. CAPT MCPHAIL, WILLIAM A. 2ND LT RICHARDSON, ROBERT A.B. ANDERSON, COLIN PTE BAIN, DANIEL PTE BROTHWICK, HUGH L-CPL BORTHWICK, JOHN L-CPL BRECHIN, GEORGE PTE BUCHAN, ADAM K. PTE BURRELL, ADAM PTE CARMICHAEL, CHARLES L-CPL CLARK, ROBERT GUNNER COCHRANE, JOHN SAPPER DICK, JAMES PTE DUNLOP, JOHN CPL EDGAR, JOHN GUNNER GENTLEMAN, ROBERT PTE GIBB, ROBERT PTE GIBB, WILLIAM PTE HUNTER, THOMAS

PTE JEFFREY, THOMAS M. L-CPL JOHNSTON, JAMES PTE LAING, WILLIAM PTE LAPERE, WILLIAM R. PTE MCALLEESE, THOMAS L-CPL MCDONALD, DONALD PTE MCDONALD, JAMES PTE MCINTYRE, JOHN PTE MCMILLN, JAMES PTE MCNEE, WILLIAM PTE MARTIN, JAMES PTE MAXWELL, GEORGE PTE MILL, JAMES SAPPER MILLER, JOHN A.B. MILLER, LESLIE PTE MORRISON, JAMES PTE MURRAY, JOHN PTE NIMMO. PETER PTE PEEBLES, HECTOR

PTE PENMAN, ROBERT PTE SCOTT, JAMES L-CPL SCOTT, JAMES N. PTE SCOTT, WILLIAM CPL SHUTT, MATTHEW PTE SMITH, JOHN PTE STEEL, ALEXANDER PTE STEVENSON, ADAM CPL STEVENSON, JOHN CPL STIRLING, JOHN R. PTE STRATHIE, JAMES PTE SWINTON, ALEXANDER PTE TAYLOR, JOHN PTE THOMSON, JASPER A.W. PTE WALKER, WALTER PTE WALKER, WILLIAM PTE WEIR, ANTHONY PTE WHITE, ARCHIBALD CPL WILSON, JOHN PTE YOUNG, ARCHIBALD

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH” Above the plaque is a small brass decorative mount having a shield containing St Andrew and his cross, surrounded by laurel sprigs. Below are the individual numerals “1914-1919.” For Major James Fitz Morris see Calatria.

Wallacestone Methodist Church (SMR832) A small rectangular brass plaque attached to an oak panel with a beaded border and slightly raised central top. This creates space for a small wooden laurel wreath. The lettering on the plaque is picked out in black, with significant capitals in red. “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. PETER BENNIE ANDREW EASTON WILLIAM MCAULEY

DUNCAN MCLUCKIE JAMES PENDER. ALEXANDER THOMSON

A second plaque has been added below this: 1939 ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1945 JOHN GRAY GEORGE MYLES WILLIAM P. SHANKS THOMAS T CUMMING ALEXANDER MCE.WALKER

Redding Church (SMR829) To perpetuate the memory of members of the lodge who fell in the Great War, the brothers of the Reddingmuir Lodge No. 2329, A.U., of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds erected a memorial tablet in the interior of the Redding Mission Church, Polmont. It is erected in a prominent position on the left side of the pulpit. The tablet is of polished white marble and bears the names, together with the regiment and date on which they fell, of no fewer than nineteen brothers of the lodge. The rectangular white marble wall tablet is set between squat Corinthian pilasters mounted on brackets. On the entablature above are the initials “L.O.A.S.” for Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds. The main plaque reads: “ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL REDDINGMUIR LODGE NO. 2329 A.U./ IN MEMORY OF THE BROTHERS WHO HAVE FALLEN DURING THE WAR. 1914-1919/ BRO. JOHN BAIN, C.H., 25 SEPT. 1914 BRO. THOMAS TURNBULL, C.H., 26 OCT. 1917 “ PETER NIMMO, A. & S.H., 25 JAN. 1915 “ COLIN ANDERSON, R.N.D., 26 JAN. 1918 “ WILLIAM COOPER, A. & S.H., 25 APR. 1915 “ JAMES MCDONALD, A. & S.H., 21 MAR 1918 “ JOHN SMITH, A.S.C., 19 JAN. 1916 “ WILLIAM FORRESTER, C.H., 26 JULY 1918 “ JOHN ROBERTSON, R.F.A., 12 AUG. 1916 “ JAMES DICK, R.E., 27 SEPT. 1918 “ GEORGE MAXWELL, R.W., 25 AUG. 1916 “ JAMES MORRISON, R.S.F., 3 OCT. 1918 “ JOHN RAMSAY, R.N.D., 13 NOV. 1916 “ ROBERT SHEPHERD, A.M.C., 15 OCT. 1918 “ WILLIAM HANNAH, R.S., 9 APR. 1917 “ JOHN MILLAR, R.E., 15 JAN. 1919 “ ALEXANDER SWINTON, A. & S.H., 18 MAY 1917 “ HECTOR PEEBLES, A. & S.H., 23 MA 1919 JOHN DUNLOP, A. & S.H., 2 JAN. 1920

“One Sunday in August 1920 an impressive ceremony of unveiling the memorial took place in the presence of a large and representative gathering of brothers of the lodge, sister lodges, and the Glasgow executives. The brethren were marshalled in processional order and headed by the Shieldhill Silver Band marched to Redding, and thence to the Mission Church. The majority of the Shepherds were in full regalia, save for the feathers in the Balmoral bonnet and the staff, it being understood that 55

for a church parade the Shepherd discards his feathers and crook, as a soldier discards his rifle for such an occasion. The many plaids, together with the picturesque bonnets, were particularly pleasing to the eye. The sister lodges were arranged next in order to the band, with the local lodge in the rear, with the chaplain, Rev. Mr Richmond; Bro. The Rev. J. Buchanan Mackenzie, B.D., minister of the parish; and Bro. Captain A.W. Steven of Redding House. On arriving at the church, the band and leading lodge divided ranks, through which the two foremost brothers, with joined hands, slowly marched. Bare-headed they proceeded to the rear, each brother solemnly uncovering as he was passed. On reaching the end of the line the couple turned, and those at the end fell in behind, and, still bare-headed, advanced to the door of the church, which they entered under an arch of Shepherds’ crooks, held aloft by office bearers. Inside the church every available seat was occupied, and the service which was held was conducted by Rev. Mr Mackenzie, assisted by the Rev Mr Richmond. The choir was at full strength, with Mr Alexander McCraw (Polmont Borstal Institution) as organist and choirmaster. Brother Captain Steven unveiled the tablet, and read out the inscription and names of the fallen. Br. Anderson, treasurer, gave a resume of the efforts of the lodge to aid the widows and dependants of service members. He stated that in 1915 there had been a movement to form one great fund, but owing to the failure of some lodges to aid in this way the project fell through, and each lodge had just to go on alone. They had expended over £68 for sick benefits, etc., and they still had a sum of £82 10s in the bank. Notice of motion to make a pilgrimage to the memorial annually having been given, the Worthy Master closed the meeting.” (Falkirk Herald).

SLAMANNAN Heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Park (SMR1651) Three square stone cairns unveiled on 3 April 2010 to commemorate Samuel Frickleton VC (18911971), Alexander Penman MM & Bar (1896-1961) and soldiers since 1945. Samuel Frickleton was born at the Old Lodge, Slamannan; Alexander Penman at Loanrigg. Three chamfered stone plinths contain details of each of the three categories, with white flagpoles between. The central plinth is surmounted by a large replica of a Victoria Cross. They are set in a small public park.