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St Andrews Parish Church WWI
Town or City: Dunfermline
County: Fife
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM10808
Value of grant: £1315.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund
Year: 2018
UKNIWM reference number: 46418
St Andrews Church war memorial is in the form of a copper plaque surrounded by an oak frame. It is located within St Andrews Erskine Church, Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline.
In 2018, a grant of £1,315 was awarded through the Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund. It supported repair and conservation works which included the cleaning, repatinating and waxing of the memorial plaque. The oak frame also required repair and refinishing. The memorial had been in storage for a number of years and exposed to damp conditions. This had led to some tarnishing of the plaque and damage to the wooden frame which needed to be addressed before the memorial was placed back on display.
SmartWater was also applied to the war memorial as part of the In Memoriam 2014 project seeking to deter the theft of metal from war memorials.
The inscription on the St Andrews memorial reads:
To the glory of God
1914 1919
in honour of the men and
women of this church who
served in the Great War
NAMES
x killed in action
Some names on the plaque are preceded by an x which denotes those killed in action.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM10808
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 46418
War Memorials Online: 250776
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
