Lance Corporal C Drysdale | IWM War Memorials Register

Memorial Details

What type of memorial is it?

Window

How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?

TWO LIGHT WINDOW- The LIGHTS DEPICT (LEFT) CHRIST THE SHEPHERD AND (RIGHT) CROWDS SURROUNDING THE LAMB OF GOD

Location

Has this memorial been lost?

Location

Is this the memorial's current location?

Yes

Building Name

Holy Trinity Church

Street

East Port

Town

Dunfermline

District

Dunfermline

County

Fife

Country

Scotland

Postcode

KY12 7JL

OS map ref

NT 09495 87494

If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations

Scottish Episcopal

Lance Corporal C Drysdale Location

Commemoration

What words are inscribed on the memorial?

I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND KNOW MY SHEEP/ AM KNOWN OF MINE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES DRYSDALE, BOOKSELLER, VICE CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES OF/ AMERICA AT DUNFERMLINE, 1899 - 1913, WHO DIED 21 FEBRUARY 1913/ AND OF MARY J W ALEXANDER, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED 10 APRIL 1933/ ALSO OF THEIR DEARLY BELOVED SON CHARLES, LANCE CORPORAL,/ GORDON HIGHLANDERS, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,/ 18 JULY 1916 AGED 19 YEARS/ ALSO OF THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER MARY WHO DIED 18 JUNE 1951/ ALSO OF THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER HELEN WHO DIED 24 MAY 1959/ BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER GRACE

War

How many names are listed in total?

Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?

First World War (1914-1918)

Is the total an exact count?

Yes

Of the names listed, how many served and returned?

Of the names listed, how many died?

What information is listed for those commemorated?

rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships

Condition

Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?