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Acknowledgements
Our thanks to Graham Ewen for his work on these churchyards. The old church at Dyce stands on the banks of the river Don and one of its main features are the sculptured stones. These have been “built in” to one of the doorways to protect them from the weather as much as possible. The church itself is believed to be one of the few remaining pre-Reformation churches in Scotland and thought to have been built in 1544. Following the “Disruption” of 1843, the Free Church of Scotland erected churches in many Scottish parishes, but Dyce was unusual in having its own burial ground, whose inscriptions are given in the second section of this booklet. And, being close to what was then the RAF airfield (now Aberdeen International Airport), an area of ground adjacent to the Old Kirkyard was laid out during the Second World War as a final resting place for both Allied and German aircrew, and the inscriptions are recorded in the third section.
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Dyce Old Kirkyard, naming 815 individuals between 1740 and 1986 Dyce U. F. New Kirkyard, also known as 'Dyce West Parish', naming 329 individuals between 1844 and 1985 Dyce Military Cemetery
Cover Photograph by Derek Robertson
