Locals in Raploch have been giving their views on how a planned local war memorial should look.
An ongoing public consultation has been asking people to vote on a number of options.
Asked what they would prefer to see on the memorial, 55 per cent said a list of the names of the fallen in all conflicts of the 20th/21st centuries; 30 per cent said a tribute quote to all the fallen in all conflicts; 7.5 per cent opted for only a list of the names of the fallen in World War II; and 7.5 per cent went for ‘other’.
A second question asking people whether the top two winning designs and quote from a local children’s war memorial design competition should be included saw 94.59 per cent of respondents say yes, with 5.41 per cent saying no and 2.7 per cent unsure.
A spokesperson said: “We would like to thank all those that have taken part in our public consultation so far.
“Our public consultation is still ongoing and open for people to respond to.
“We are inviting people to take a few minutes to complete the survey [on the Raploch War Memorial website] and are also asking people to visit our Memorial page to view our Roll of Honour and get in touch with us if they have any connection to any of the men listed.”
The proposals for the permanent memorial to the fallen were dreamt up by local pensioner Mick Lowe and partnerships with local groups including Raploch Community Partnership, St Mark’s and St Margaret’s, Stirling Council and the Salvation Army have been formed for the project.
The project came about after pensioner Mick began researching soldiers to find out more about his dad John, who died in 1948 after being a prisoner of war during World War Two.
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Mick discovered a total of 68 soldiers who died during the Second World War from Raploch - with a clamour to erect a permanent monument for their memory.
The proposals could see a war memorial erected near the community campus to pay tribute to the casualties from several conflicts who originally hailed from Raploch and local fundraising is being planned as well as grant funding being pursued.
Six streets in a new housing development being built in Raploch are also being named after men from the area who died in World War Two.
Brewster Crescent, Fairley Crescent, Hulston Road, Turner Street, Spencer Place and McDonald Court, will become lasting legacies of six of those who lost their lives in the conflict, and their fellow fallen comrades from the community.
Private Robert Brewster of 21 Hawthorn Crescent, Pte John Fairley of 43D Raploch Road, Pte William Hulston of 8 Hawthorn Crescent, Pte James Turner of 23 Hawthorn Crescent, Pte Ian Spencer of 4 Haig Avenue, and Pte James McDonald of 64 Drip Road are amongst a list of 48 names compiled by Raploch man Mr Lowe.
