Memorial Window Riverside Methodist Church Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland video of the The Labour Corps stained glass memorial window on ancestry visit to Riverside Methodist Church in Blairgowrie, Perthshire. This was unveiled on Saturday 2nd December 1922, in honour of the men who gave their lives in the first world war. Towards the end of 1977, exactly 55 years after it was first unveiled, it was vandalised and seriously damaged. The minister and members of the church decided that a detailed history of the window should be produced, and although little information is known about it, it is known that in 1922 the sum of £800 was paid to the artist, Mr. R.A. Bell, R.A. From early 1917 Blairgowrie was the headquarters of the corps and during the two years following, more than 20,000 men passed through the headquarters. The average number of men stationed in Blairgowrie was about 3000 to 4000. The Memorial Fund was started in 1919 by contributors of the Officers and men of the Labour Corps and over 1,300 of its ranks subscribed to it, eventually producing a memorial in the form of the stained glass window which overlooks Boat Brae at the back of the church. Among the emblems adorning the window are St George, for courage, St Paul for endurance, the patriarch Job for fortitude, and General Gordon for self-sacrifice. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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