Remembrance Sunday

For today, the 11th of the 11th I wanted to featured one of the many war memorials that can be found in every town and city of the U.K. Even little hamlets like Kirkurd have their one as can be seen here and the text tells the story of the Great War in miniature.

Here it is in full:

Through distant ages sire to son

shall tell the tale of freedom won

To the glory of God and in proud and grateful memory of brave lives

given for others in the Great War 1914 - 1919

Alexander David Gibson Carmichael

Sub. Lieut. R.N. lost in submarine

23rd Aug. 1916, aged 21

Thomas Alexander Grant Miller

Lieut. 1sy KOSB, killed in Gallipolli

28th April 1915, aged 21

Archibald William Buchanan Miller

Lieut. 1sy KOSB attached RAF killed over Gheluvelt

Belgium, 13th July 1917 aged 21

Robert Dickson

Lieut. acting captain D.C.M. 7th Durham L.I. killed in France

27th May 1918 aged 26

William Ballantyne

Sec. Lieut. 2nd Black Watch. Killed at Hulluch

France 13th Oct. 1915. Aged 25.

John Ballantyne

PTE Australian Imperial Force, killed in France

30th Spet. 1918, aged 36

William Telfer

PTE army cyclists corps, died of wounds in France

1st Oct. 1916 aged 20

David Henderson Welsh

PTE 8th R.S. died of wounds in England

14th Aug. 1916 aged 22. 

Erected by the heritors

members and adherents 

of Kirkurd Parish Church and relatives of those commemorated.

Unveiled by Lady Carmichael

27th Sept. 1919.

This memorial can be found along the A701 by the turning to Netherurd House.