Memorial

Bainsford

Bainsford War Memorial

Source: Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

Dawson Park, Bainsford, Falkirk, FK2 7PP, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NS 88633 81926

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 111136
Description: Grey obelisk with pointed top of three steps. Names on the sides.
Inscription: (RIbbon around Silhouette of a soldier): BAINSFORD WAR MEMORIAL / Lest We Forget BAINSFORD WAR DEAD / LOCAL HEROES / NATIONAL TREASURES / REMEMBERED FOREVER

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 178
Died: 178
Information shown: name, rank,regiment/service
Order of names: by regiment

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 48
Died: 48
Information shown: name, rank, regiment/service
Order of names: by regiment

History

Maker(s)

Ceremonies

Unveiled

June 2022

Alan Simpson, Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and Falkirk with Isobel Turnbull, the daughter Private David Allan, killed in 1945 when she was one year old.

Dedicated

June 2022

Conservation

Components

Obelisk

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Further Information

Falkirk Herald https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/remembrance-sunday-first-services-at-new-bainsford-and-carronshore-war-memorials-3919036 Remembrance Sunday: First services at new Bainsford and Carronshore War Memorials Published 15th Nov 2022 ---