A Son of the Rock

In the entrance to St Drostan’s Church, Markinch is this Great War (labelled European War) Roll of Honour. (My own photograph is on flickr, but I found this better one via the church’s website.) Names underlined in red “made the supreme sacrifice”:-

Memorial to the European War 1914-1918. This plaque is likely to have been relocated from Balbirnie UF Church or Brunton UF Church (St Mark’s):-

“To the men of this congregation who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Their name liveth for evermore.” Again probably relocated:-

“Markinch Parish Church. Sacred to the memory of the men of this church who gave their lives for their country in the Great War.”

“In loving memory of Captain James Alfred Balfour 1st Batt. Highland Light Infantry, killed in action 11th January 1917 at Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. Born at Balbirnie.” Balbirnie is the local “big house” now (having been sold off by the Balfour family) a hotel and its grounds converted into a park and golf course.

Memorial to WW2 dead of St Drostan’s Parish, Markinch. “Their name liveth for evermore”

Memorial to the members of Markinch Parish Church who died in the Second World War. Again probably moved to St Drostan’s from elsewhere. Note the name of a woman, Margaret P Todd:-