Memorial

West Kilbride

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Current Location

Junction of Bowfield Road and Yerton Brae, West Kilbride, Cunninghame, KA23 9HH, Scotland

NS 20222 48033

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 44529
Description: Tall Latin Cross on tapering plinth and 3 step base. Name Panels were added in 2001 on 4 free standing polished black granite slabs to the side of the cross; originally a Roll of Honour was buried in a time capsule underneath the memorial- investigations in 2005 failed to locate it, which is why a modern Roll of Honour (our reference 53647) was produced.. Stone wreath around the head of the cross. Gold lettering on the panels. The cross in Scottish white stone from Burntisland
Inscription: CROSS FACE 1: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 CROSS FACE 2: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 TABLET ONE: WEST KILBRIDE/ WAR MEMORIAL TRUST/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ UNVEILED ON 3RD JUNE 2001/ (NAMES) TABLET TWO AND FOUR: (NAMES) TABLET THREE: WEST KILBRIDE/ WAR MEMORIAL TRUST/ 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ UNVEILED ON 3RD JUNE 2001/ (NAMES)

Maker(s): MESSRS FRYERS AND PENMAN, Architect
MESSRS KIRKWOOD AND SMITH, Sculptor
Co-operative Sculptors, Sculptor
John Donaldson, Builder
Costs: £16,000
Maintenance History: 2001: MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED AND THE FOUR BLACK GRANITE NAME PANELS WERE ADDED