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Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Gregory

Reference

K15.08

Place

KIRKNEWTON

Map ref

NT 913303

Original Location

St. Gregory's Church.

Present Location

Found in a cupboard in 1998.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour approx. 10 inches high x 6 inches wide, behind glass in an oak frame. It has a purple border, with purple violets in each corner. At the top is a red cross. On one side are the words "Greater love hath no / man than this", and on the other side "That a man lay down his / life for his friends". Underneath these are the words "Roll of Honour", all in Gothic print. This is followed by "Names of the men of this parish who have given / their lives for their King and Country" in printed italic script. At the bottom is the quotation. The names are handwritten in two columns.

Materials used

Mowbray 338 printed form.

Inscription

Top.
"Greater love hath no / man than this / That a man lay down his / life for his friends". / "Roll of Honour". / "Names of the men of this parish who have given / their lives for their King and Country".
Bottom
"Blessed are the dead"
"Father, in Thy gracious keeping / Leave we now Thy servants sleeping".

Names

13 names, ranks.
See transcript.

Present condition

The lettering has faded badly.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown

Sources of quotations
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St.John�s Gospel 15 v 13;
�Blessed are the dead� Revelation 14 v 13
�Father in thy gracious keeping . . .� Hymn by John Ellerton 1870. �Now the labourers task is o'er�

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Mrs. Straughan of Kirknewton

Research In Progress

Coldstream and District Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial. Contact: info@coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Gregory (K15.08)

KIRKNEWTON, St. Gregory's Church.

   Greater love hath no      That a man lay down his

   man than this             life for his friends

   Roll of Honour

   Names of the men of this parish who have given

   their lives for their King and Country

   Selby, Capt. B.                   Corp. J. Stawart

   Russell, Capt.                    Pte. A. Murray

   Selby, P.                         Pte. Allan

   Hunter, 2nd Lieut. N.A. 26th N.F. Pte. J. Scot

   Culley, G.M.G. Capt.              Pte. Mitchell.

   Hunter, R.H.  M.A.Ed. 21st K.R.R. Pte. Norman McKaskie

                                     Lc. Corpl. T.N. Shell

   "Blessed are the dead"

   "Father, in Thy gracious keeping

   Leave we now Thy servants sleeping".

NamesK15.08

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