Memorial

Kilmaurs

Setting

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Current Location

Morton Park, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock And Loudoun, KA3 2SZ, Scotland

NS 41196 41123

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 81559
Description: A freestone obelisk standing on a series of four octagonal steps, and surrounded by wrought iron railings. The bronze memorial tablets are set into the stone pedestal faces which project out from the four sides. A bronze soldier, head bowed and arms reversed, by Glasgow sculptor Kellock Brown is set at the front of the monument (Brown executed the same figure for the Penpont memorial). The memorial stands on a rise in Morton Park. In 2011 the name of a Korean War casualty was added. The commemoration is carved on the stone shield at the base of the obelisk. The carving is becoming eroded
Inscription: Dedication Tablet-IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/REMEMBRANCE OF/THOSE FROM THIS/DISTRICT WHO DIED/FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914 - 1918 - 1939 - 1945/THIS MEMORIAL WAS/ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION Each of 2 Plaques-[WW1 names] Plaque- TO THE MEMORY/OF/[names]/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/SECOND GREAT WAR/1939-1945/LET US REMEMBER

Maker(s): MR KELLOCK BROWN RAC, Sculptor
Costs: £900
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The park was gifted in 1921 by George Morton of Lochgreen, Troon