Memorial

Newmilns and Greenholm - WW1 and WW2

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Source: Copyright David McNay

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Current Location

Outside Lady Flora's Institute- retirement housing (formerly a school, and later a museum), Newmilns, Kilmarnock And Loudoun, KA16 9DG, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NS 53879 37362

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 13362
Description: HIGHLAND SOLDIER IN TAM O' SHANTER, TROUSERS AND PUTTEES, STANDING AT EASE, LOOKING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE AND SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. HE STANDS ON A SQUARE PLINTH AND FOUR STEPPED BASE WITHIN A MEMORIAL GARDEN. COMMEMORATION AND WW2 NAMES ON 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF PLINTH, WW1 NAMES ON OTHER 3 FACES: ALL LETTERING IS IN BLACK.
Inscription: Plinth 6 o'clock face - ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE/ OF/ NEWMILLS AND GREENHOLM/ IN PROUD AND EVERLASTING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE WARS 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945/ [WW2 names] Other 3 faces of the plinth - [WW1 names] Top Step of 6 o'clock face - MAY THEY SLEEP IN HONOUR UNBETRAYED/ AND WE IN FAITH AND HONOUR KEEP/ THAT PEACE FOR WHICH THEY PAID

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 138
Died: 138
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 40
Died: 40
Information shown: surname, forenames, service, decorations
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): Scott and Rae, Makers

Ceremonies

Unveiled: September 1922

Conservation

Components

Figure

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Pedestal

Made from: Stone

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Newmilns and Greenholm - WW1 and WW2

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Newmilns and Greenholm - WW1 and WW2

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