Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Gregory the Great

Kirknewton

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Gregory the Great (K15.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: K15.08

Parish: Kirknewton

Original Location:

St. Gregory’s Church.

Which War:

1914-18

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”.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour approx. 10 inches high x 6 inches wide (25cms x 15cms), 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.

Names:

13 names, ranks.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This was found in a cupboard in 1998. The lettering has faded badly.

Sources:

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”