Plans lodged for war memorial in Raploch

Raploch is stepping closer to achieving its goal of creating a lasting monument to its war dead.

- KAIYA MARJORIBANKS

Rev Barry Hughes and Raploch Community Council have now lodged a planning application with Stirling Council planners to install the memorial at the north west corner of Raploch Community Campus on Drip Road.

A fundraising campaign was launched last year in a bid to raise £30,000 for the war memorial to honour the community's fallen.

In 2019, two local residents discovered not only the names of over 60 local men who served their country and were among the fallen of World War II, but also where they had lived in Raploch.

This discovery gave the impetus for a project to build a war memorial in the Village Square outside the Raploch Community Campus, to commemorate all those from Raploch who have lost their lives in conflict.

The Raploch War Memorial Group formed and then discovered over 120 men and women who also served during World War II and were injured, prisoners of war or awarded and recognised for their actions during service.

They also aim to honour these men and women with a history book that has some of the stories they have discovered.