Memorial

Knockando Parishioners

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Source: Copyright Andrew Simpson

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Current Location

Village Square, Archiestown, Moray, Grampian, AB38 7QX, Scotland

NJ 22951 44171

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 8699
Description: A stone mercat cross style memorial featuring a round column with roman ionic capital surmounted by a lion. The commemoration and names of the dead are listed on pink granite tablets set into the faces of the pedestal. It is surrounded by wrought iron railings.
Inscription: Tablet 1-ERECTED/IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS AND MEN/OF/KNOCKANDO PARISH/WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/IN THEIR COUNTRY'S HOUR OF NEED/LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR UNTO THEM/NOBLY FOUGHT AND DIED THAT OTHERS/BY THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE MIGHT/LIVE IN FREEDOM/THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE Tablets 2 & 3- [names] Tablet 4-IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE/PARISH OF KNOCKANDO WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/[names]

Column

Height: 5000MM

Made from: Stone - Freestone

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Granite - Polished

Condition: Good

Fence/ Railing

Made from: Wrought Iron

Condition: Good

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 05 April 1919 KNOCKANDO WAR MEMORIAL £50 sent by the firm of Messrs A. and A. Grant, builders and contractors, Toronto. Two Archiestown "loons" who made their fortune there. Total of £250 collected