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    Memorial

    St Clare's Hall (Auckengill and Nybster)

    Tablet inside the hall

    Source: Copyright Ian M Aitchison

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    Current Location

    St Clare's Hall, Auckengill (A99), Auckengill, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW1 4XR, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    ND 36865 63787

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    5956
    Description
    Marble plaque mounted on a purple painted frame. On the top there are two lions, on each side of the triangular top. Before the names there are two high relief soldiers, one fighting and one that fell. Outside the hall there are sandstone gateposts with busts of a soldier (Donald Budge of South Keiss) and a sailor (William Bremner of Keiss). The statues were moved slightly when the A9 was re-aligned and a bottle containing coins from Russia, China, Germany & the USA found in a recess under the soldier.
    Inscription
    IN UNDYING MEMORY OF/ OUR WARRIORS WHO/ FELL IN FRANCE/ 1914 1919/ ST JOHN/ [...]/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ OF AUCKENGILL/ AND NYBSTER/ (Names)/ 1939 SECOND WORLD WAR 1945/ (Names) South gatepost: Tribute to World War veterans of Auckengill & Nybster. North gatepost: They have given life and blood faced shot and shell.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    Surname, forenames, rank (only for the one officer), regiment, date of death, age of death
    Order of names
    date of death
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Maker(s)
    • John Nicholson, Sculptor

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    Gate posts

    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Figures

    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    • Photo of soldier gatepost-http://www.caithness.org/atoz/statuesandmonuments/statueauckengill1.jpg
    • Photo of sailor gatepost-http://www.caithness.org/atoz/statuesandmonuments/statueauckengill2.jpg
    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5426&mforum=warmemscot