Month: November 2014

An Advent Carol Service for Christian Aid will be held at 7 pm on Thursday 4 December at St Mary Abbots, Kensington W8 4LA.

The Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, will be the preacher.

The service will include music led by Nigel Short, soprano Grace Davidson and the Tenebrae Choir, and readings by amongst others Christian Aid’s Chief Executive Loretta Minghella, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live presenter Rev Richard Coles and editor of the Church Times Paul Handley.

Tickets are free, and groups are welcome, please come prepared to make a donation towards Christian Aid’s   maternal health work in Kenya where the UK government will match every pound given at this service.

Tickets can be booked via Eventbrite

The University is holding its inaugural London based Carol Service on Wednesday 3 December at St Marylebone Parish Church, London. The evening will begin at 7pm with a Nine Lessons and Carols Service which will include music by the University’s own Chamber Choir, conducted by Professor Paul Mealor. The evening will end with mulled wine and mince pies and an opportunity to meet with fellow alumni, supporters and friends of the University.

Saturday 20 December 5 – 6 pm

Last year’s carol singing in Trafalgar Square was very successful, in spite of our concerns at the new set-up with no platform, no lights and no sound system!  But William Duguid did sterling work with a very dicey loud hailer, and those listening grouped around the singers, instead of standing at some distance on the steps, and they joined in the singing with great gusto, some even staying with us for the whole hour.

So please come along and help us raise even more money for Christian Aid this year.  We need lots of singers and collectors to hand out song sheets and go round the Square shaking a bucket and encouraging people to come and join in the singing and empty their purses for this very good cause.

Friday 19 December 7.30 pm

 This year’s concert will see the usual mix of music for choir and instrumentalists, and lots of familiar carols for everyone to join in.  There will be seasonal refreshments at the interval, and a retiring collection for charity.  Do come along and support the choir and enjoy singing your favourite carols.

Originally published in the church magazine in November 1919:

Crown Court Church of Scotland 

1914-1918 ROLL OF HONOUR 

Name	Rank	Regiment
Ballantyne, A (killed ’15)	Private	Gordon Highlanders
Beveridge, W (killed 30/4/18)	Do	London Scottish
Black, R (died 9/2/19)	Corpl	Canadian Seaforth Highlanders
Brookhouse, F (lost at sea)	Gunner	HMS Narboro’
Butler, A J (died)	Sergeant	6th City of London
Cowie, W (died of wounds 28/8/15)	Private	London Scottish
Gordon, J (killed 29/3/18)	do	London Scottish
Kennedy, J (died of wounds 25/9/15)	2nd Lieut	Canadian Highlanders
Kerr, Alex (killed)	Corpl	RASC
Kerr, Arthur (killed)	Private	Duke of Cornwall’s L I
Kerr, T Jun (killed)	Corpl	RASC
Kinnaird, the Hon A M (killed 27/11/17)	Lieut	Scots Guards
McHattie, J W (killed)	Do	RAF
Melville, J (killed)	Corpl	Mounted Military Police
Morrison, G (killed 25/5/15)	Sergeant	Gordon Highlanders
Percy, G C (MC killed 31/7/17)	Capt	Royal Scots
Percy, W J (killed 27/10/18)	Sergeant	Royal Scots
Shaw, A (killed)	Private	Cameron Highlanders
Stevenson, J (d of w 15/11/15)	Do	Black Watch
Wood, Peter (killed)	Lieut	Gordon Highlanders
Adams, W G	A/M	RNAS
Alexander, G	Private	Seaforth Highlanders
Allan, A	Private	Queen’s West Surrey Regt.
Allan, W S	Rifleman	Rifle Brigade
Anderson, W	Private	Gordon Highlanders
Atkins, A	L/Cpl	Royal Army Medical Corps
Baker, J	Sapper	Royal Engineers
Barnes, W A	2nd Lieut	Royal Field Artillery
Barron, D J	Seaman	Royal Naval Division
Beattie, F	Private	Royal Garrison Artillery
Beattie, J (wounded &dischgd.)	Do	London Scottish
Bennett, A C	Corpl	Princess Pat’s Canadian L I
Bennett, J W	Do	RAPC
Blackwood, J R	Do	Seaforth Highlanders
Bonewell, E J	Corpl	RAPC
Bull, A (gassed & wounded)	Private	East Surrey Regt.
Burnett, G	Do.	Gordon Highlanders
Campbell, H D	Trumpeter	Lothians and Border Horse
Campbell, W J (discharged)	Private	London Scottish
Christison, M	Lieutenant	Black Watch
Clark, W	Corpl	Royal Field Artillery
Cook, J	Lieut	Seaforth Highlanders
Cook, T A	Sergeant	RAMC
Cooper, J (wounded)	Private	London Scottish
Cowan, T (discharged)	Do.	Surrey Regt
Crosbie, W L	Do	King’s Shropshire LI
Davis, E	Do.	RAOC
Dear, H S	Do.	RAMC
Dick, C W	Lieut	RAF
Dillon, H J	Gunner	HMS New Zealander
Dillon, C	Private	NZEF
Edwards, G E (DSO)	2nd Lieut	Seaforth Highlanders
Forbes, J	Private	London Scottish
Gibson, J G	Lieut	Royal Engineers
Grant, A	Sergeant	Gordon Highlanders
Grant, W (wounded)	Piper	Scots Guards
Grant, W S	Dmr	Royal Fusiliers
Grate, W (MM)	Gunner	RFA
Gray, G	Sergeant	Scots Guards
Grieve, J V (DSM)	Chief Petty Off	RNAS
Haggart, A R	Private	County of London Regt
Henderson, G	Do	London Scottish
Jeary, R R K	Corpl	HAC
Johnston, D	Gunner	RGA
Keddu, J	Private	RAMC
Kerr, T (discharged)	Sergeant	Seaforth Highlanders
Kerr, James	Signaller	Royal Navy
Kerr, Wm	Private	Sussex Regt
King, A	Lieut	Cameron Highlanders
Lake, W J	Sergt Major	Royal Warwickshire Regt
Legge, W	A/M	RAF
Lowe, W S	Private	London Scottish
McIntosh, A	Pipe-Major	Scots Guards
McIntosh, C (wounded)	Corpl	Black Watch
McKay, J	Sergeant	London Scottish
McPherson, W	Piper	Scots Guards
Macnaughtan, R M (w. rejd)	Lieut	Royal Fusiliers
Macrae, Rev Alex.	Captain	Chaplain, Scots Guards
Mansfield, A J (PoW)	Corporal	City of London Regt
Marshall, R	Private	Royal Fusiliers
Marshall, W	Do	Do
Matthews, C (wounded)	Corpl	London Scottish
Mitchell, R G F (discharged)	Private	London Scottish
Mitchell, W	Do	Seaforth Highlanders
Moase, A G	Corpl	RAMC
Murray, O (wounded)	Private	Royal Scots
Neil, G	Do	Royal Fusiliers
Paul, J (wounded, PoW)	Rifleman	Rifle Brigade
Peet, A T	Private	Royal Fusiliers
Rabone, B	Telegraphist	Royal Engineers
Rae, A (wounded)	Sergt-Major	Gordon Highlanders
Robertson, E H (wounded)	Bombdr	RGA
Robertson, J	Gunner	RFA
Ross, J (PoW)	Do	Do
Rouse, H H (discharged)	Rifleman	London Rifle Brigade
Sapsford, S	Steward	Royal Navy
Saye, G	Private	RASC
Shanks, J (discharged)	Do	London Scottish
Simpson J C	Sergeant	Signal Section RE
Smith, D B (wounded & rejd)	Private	Gordon Highlanders
Smith, R M	Trooper	Middx Imperial Yeomanry
Stephens, F	Petty Officer	Royal Naval Division
Stewart, F	A/M	RNAS
Thomson, D C (wounded)	Do.	RAF
Turnbull, D	Trooper	Scottish Horse
Urquhart, J	Gunner	RFA
Walkinshaw, R (MC)	RSM	London Scottish
Watson, Jas F	Sergeant	Labour Corps
Watson, J J	Do.	London Scottish
West, H	A/M	RAF
Wilson, –	PO	Royal Naval Division
Wilson, W	Gunner	RFA
Wood, D G (wounded)	Lieut	MGC

 We will remember them

The Minister is running a short series of Bible study sessions for Advent on the following dates: Wednesday 3 and 10 and Tuesday 16 December, from 6.15 – 7.15 pm in the vestry.  Do come along and join Philip for these sessions.  It doesn’t matter if you can’t commit to attending them all: just come when you can.  You will be most welcome.