Memorial

New Cumnock Cenotaph

New Cumnock War Memorial - WW1 (1) - Barbour - Dowie

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

At the top of the knowe in the cemetery, Old Cemetery, Afton Road (this is an unclassified road off the B741 half a mile south of the town), New Cumnock, Cumnock And Doon Valley, KA18 4PP, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NS 61606 12493

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 77341
Description: Cenotaph in the shape of a casket-Starting from the base it rises four square, massive and inspiring. Then there come courses of bold and full moulding, finishing a plinth of noble proportions. From these courses there rises the main body of the monument, courses of cambered freestone, reaching a squared capital. These cambered stones show five panels, all cambered – one at each end and three in front. Of the three, the centre panel is in high relief, two inches in front of its flanks, and each panel holds twenty-two names. Severe, classic simplicity marks the finish. Springing from the main column a bevelled course rises to its apex, and there the memorial stands four square, as the heroes stood, whose names its sculpture shows. Surrounding the monument are two steps forming a chaste, simple, expressive base. The memorial includes Gilbert Mason, Baptist Pastor of Barrow-in-Furness.
Inscription: North Face-[names in 1 column] West Face-[names in 3 columns]/1914 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 1919 South Face-[names in 1 column] East Face-1939-1945/THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/AGE SHALL NOT WITHER THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/[names in/[names in 2 columns]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 111
Died: 111
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The name of Alexander Stephens was added in October 2017

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 35
Died: 35
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forename, service
Order of names: surname

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New Cumnock Cenotaph

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New Cumnock Cenotaph

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