Memorial

Winchburgh and Niddry

Winchburgh

Source: Copyright Keith Fraser

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Current Location

Junction of Main Street, Niddry Road and Bennet Wood Terrace, Main Street, Winchburgh, West Lothian, Lothian, EH52 6TP, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NT 08840 75023

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 53724
Description: Life size statue of a uniformed Drummer Boy on top of a circular stone plinth with commemorative tablet and two inset name tablets. Set in a small paved area with a low stone wall surround. The first names panel is the original, the second for additional WW1 names subsequently identified. There are also small tablets to record the installation of the memorial, and the source of the funding.
Inscription: Tablet 1: TO THE GLORY OF HIM WHO DIED FOR ALL / AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN BOTH WORLD WARS Tablet 2: 1914 World War One / (Names...) / 1939 World War Two 1945 Tablet 3: 1914 To 1918 / (Names...) Tablet 4: Erected By The/Winchburgh & Niddry/Royal British Legion/26th Aug 2000 Tablet 5: Funded By/Auldcathie Trust/26th Aug 2000/N T B O B 2100

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 66
Died: 66
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname

History

Sponsor Type: other
Sponsored By: The Auldcathie Trust

Ceremonies

Placed: 26 August 2000

Conservation

Components

Figure

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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Winchburgh and Niddry

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Winchburgh and Niddry

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History

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