A Digital Memorial
Honouring the Fallen of St Joseph's Parish, Dundee
Laurence Binyon, For the Fallen (1914)
A film honouring the men of St Joseph's Parish who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.
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St Joseph’s WWI Memoriam · 28 minutes · Press play for sound
Research by Prof. Christene Leiper · Film production in collaboration · Curated by Stephen Leiper
Background music: "Going Home" (Dvořák) · Closing: The Last Post
St Joseph's Church in Dundee bears a memorial outside its walls listing the names of parishioners who fell in the First World War. These were men from our community, many of them very young, who served in regiments such as the Highland Light Infantry, the Royal Scots, the Black Watch, the Cameron Highlanders, and the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Some travelled as far as Iraq and Belgium; most fell in France. Their ages, where known, are recorded alongside their service numbers, regiments, and the cemeteries where they rest.
In 2024, a project was undertaken to honour these men. Through painstaking research of war pension records, death registers, regimental archives, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records, a detailed memorial film was created. Each soldier was given a dedicated tribute: their name, service details, and, where available, a photograph and supporting documents. The film was presented to the congregation, who recognised that this was a fitting tribute to the fallen.
The congregation expressed a wish to extend this work to the men and women who fell in the Second World War and other conflicts. Because no memorial plaque exists for WWII, that research will be considerably more challenging. This website was created to centralise the archive in a single, permanent, publicly accessible location, and to provide a foundation that other parishes and churches might use to honour their own fallen.
Do you hold letters, photographs or documents about someone who fell in the First or Second World War or another conflict? You can send them to the archive here.
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Archives, registers, and databases for researching fallen service personnel from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
This is a place of reflection and remembrance. It is strictly apolitical. We honour the memory of all who fell, regardless of background, in the service of peace and freedom.
We welcome your thoughts on this memorial. Whether you have memories to share, corrections to suggest, or questions about the project, we would be glad to hear from you.
If you represent a church or community group and would like to create a similar memorial for your own parish, please get in touch at curator@tsgno.org
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