A first world war memorial on a Dunfermline church is now shining brightly again in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The memorial, on the wall outside the doors at Dunfermline North Parish Church, was looking rather dirty, and that’s where the Co-operative Funeralcare service got involved.
As neighbours of the Chalmers Street church, staff were only too pleased to step in as part of their commitment to helping local communities.
Regional manager Andrew Beveridge said, “Someone in the congregation said the war memorial could be doing with some refurbishment. We immediately spoke to our memorial department and they carried out the work.”
Leading a small but poignant outdoor rededication service was the church’s minister, the Rev Ian Thom, who said the organisation as part of its community projects scheme polished and repainted the memorial stone for the church.
“It now looks fantastic,” he added.
Laying a wreath dedicated to the 44 names inscribed on the memorial was congregation member Barbara Logan. Her mother’s cousin, Robert Birrell, perished in the war when he was only 18 and his name is inscribed on the stone.
Mrs Logan, who has seen four generations of her family involved with the church, was delighted to see the memorial revamped.