Memorial

Kirriemuir

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Current Location

Kirriemuir Cemetery, Strathmore Avenue, Kirriemuir, Angus, Tayside, DD8 4DH, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NO 38909 54490

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 5675
Description: Kilted highland soldier with raised rifle and fixed bayonet mounted on stone pillar carrying names on three stepped base. Small stone of remembrance in front bears ww2 names and inscription.
Inscription: Plinth: THIS MONUMENT/ IS RAISED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/ THE YOUTH AND MANHOOD OF THE PARISH OF KIRRIEMUIR/ WHO FELL IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ IT STAND AS A TRIBUTE OF HOMAGE TO THE FALLEN,/ AND AN ABIDING INSPIRATION TO POSTERITY/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" Base: TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 210
Died: 210
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of names: regiment THEN surname THEN forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 39
Died: 39
Information shown: surname, rank, service, initials of forenames
Order of names: service THEN surname THEN forenames

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, title, rank, regiment, decorations
Additional Information: Captain The Lord Lyell, Scots Guards, VC

History

Maintenance History: 2009: Memorial cleaned.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

August 1923

DOWAGER COUNTESS OF AIRLIE

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