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    Memorial

    Findochty

    Obelisk looking down on village

    Source: Copyright James Mitchell

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    Current Location

    The memorial is located on the summit of School Hill, overlooking the marina, and the Moray Firth., Findochty, Moray, Grampian, AB56 4QB, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NJ 45949 67890

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    8654
    Description
    Tapering obelisk with a wreath at the base of each face. A plinth has the names on tablets on each face and the whole is set on three steps with a cobble surround, railings, and a gate.
    Inscription
    Face 1: 1914-1919/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF FINDOCHTY/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE/ INSCRIBED HEREON Face 2: (Army WW1 Names) Face 3: (Seamen & Airmen WW1 Names) Face 4: 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ DESIGNED BY / MAJOR JAMES WOOD, M.C., A.R.I.B.A./ FINDOCHTY
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    51
    Died
    51
    Information shown
    rank, forenames, surname, regiment or service
    Order of names
    service THEN surname
    Additional Information
    details of names list not known
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    23
    Died
    23
    Information shown
    rank, forenames, surname, service
    Order of names
    service (mariner or airman) THEN surname
    Maker(s)
    • Major J A H Wood DSC; MC, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    April 1922

    Colonel J G Fleming

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 6000 mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2953&mforum=warmemscot NB, this website now requires a subscription to view it.
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Book: Banffshire’s Fallen Remembered: FINDOCHTY WAR MEMORIAL, DAVID LINDSAY FOWLER 2017
    • for more images, see https://canmore.org.uk/site/338597/findochty-war-memorial