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Plaque 1914-18 St. Andrew

Reference

B25.26

Place

BERWICK ON TWEED

Map ref

NT 999531

Original Location

St. Andrew's Church of Scotland, Wallace Green. On south wall. Third in a row of three, counting from the door.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 8 feet high x 3 feet wide. There is a border which has motifs of vine leaves and grapes at intervals. The names are listed in two columns. The lettering is in sans serif, with the quotation at the bottom in italics.

Materials used

White marble.

Inscription

To God be the Glory / Remember / the men of Wallace Green Church / who gave their lives for their country / in the Great War 1914 - 1919
�Be thou faithful unto death / and I will give thee a crown of life�.

Names

36 full names.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding

Source of quotation:
�Be thou faithful unto death . . .� Revelation 2 v 10

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Tony Harding

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Andrew (B25.26)

Berwick on Tweed  St. Andrew's Church of Scotland

   To God be the Glory

   Remember

   the men of Wallace Green Church

   who gave their lives for their country

   in the Great War 1914 - 1919

   Albert James Amass   Thos. M. Johnston

   Alex. Borthwick      John W. Keir

   James Borthwick      James Lyall

   John Borthwick       John Lyall

   George P. Boyd       Alex. Macnab

   John Buglass         Alex. Marshall

   Walter Cochrane      John Marshall

   William Curran       Walter T. Marshall

   John W. Dalgleish    A. Lorimer Miller

   James A. Dowens      John Thos. Palmer

   John Scott Grainger  John V. Ross

   John Havery          William I. Short

   Walter Hogarth       Alex. N. Smith

   George Hogg          Robt. H. Turnbull

   David Hunter         George S. Wilson

   Philip Jefferson     William Wilson

   James Jeffrey        Robert Winter

   James Johnston       John Younger

   “Be thou faithful unto death

   and I will give thee a crown of life.”

NamesB25.26

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