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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:29 am Post subject: Paxton Church - WWII Plaque |
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Paxton was built by the United Free Church in 1908. They had at that time a church in Mordington (to the northeast) and another in Horndean (to the southwest) but both were barely hamlets and the area overall was a rural one without large population. This church was built to replace the 2, in the village of Paxton.
It became CofS at the 1929 reunion.
An example of the unusual commemoration of installing electric light.
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Both men are on Paxton civic memorial.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
and in memory of
Sergeant-Pilot William B Moffat
who fell in action on
24th FEBRUARY 1942
and
Sergeant-Pilot William A Woolley
who fell in action on
24th MARCH 1943
THESE LIGHTS
Presented by
THEIR PARENTS & FAMILY
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Paxton Church - WWII Plaque |
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Merseman wrote: | An example of the unusual commemoration of installing electric light. |
I'm sure I've seen it elsewhere too, in the South-west. Churches often seem to go for memorials which are practical fittings rather than just a plaque on the wall - communion tables, candlesticks, plates, fonts, lecterns etc.
Adam |
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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There's 1 other in Berwickshire, Christ Church (Episcopal) in Duns. |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 9:30 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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WMR 78873 |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7755 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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William Brown Moffat – age 20 – Sergeant (1055938) 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
William was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns before taking a position in the civil service in London in 1938. His department was moved to Southport and he joined the RAF in late 1939. He gained his “wings” in September 1940 and joined his squadron when it was formed in Egypt in August 1941. William was the pilot of a Wellington bomber which had taken off from RAF Fayid in Egypt for a raid on Martuba Landing ground in Lybia but the aircraft failed to return.
Born 1921 Glendale, Northumberland. Son of Henry Tait Moffat and Catherine Hall (Brown) Moffat of Orchard House, Paxton.
Killed in Action on 24 February 1942 and buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial.
William Armstrong Woolley – age 24 – Sergeant (658470) Royal Air Force.
William was educated at Berwickshire High School in Duns and was attending a Forestry school when he joined the army shortly after the outbreak war. He volunteered for air-crew training with the RAF and gained his “wings” in 1942. He was flying a Hurricane of 151 Operational Training Unit at RAF Risalpur in India's north-west frontier when the aircraft crashed near Tangi.
Born 1918 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Son of Mark Wilson Woolley and Margaret Nicholson (Armstrong) Woolley of Thorn Cottage, Paxton and of Tweedmouth, Northumberland.
Died on Service on 24 March 1943 and buried in Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Also named on the Berwickshire High School memorial and on the Holy Trinity Church memorial in Berwick. _________________ Ken |
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