Memorial

Kilchoman Parish

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West side of Loch Indaal, Kilchoman Parish War Memorial, A847 between Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte, Port Ban (Isle of Islay), Argyll And Bute, PA49 7UR, Scotland

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NR 25967 60157

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 56894
Description: A rough dressed grey granite in the form of a tapering square section pillar with a small cross on top. The dedicatory inscription is on a polished grey granite tablet with black lettering set on the front face of the upper section of the plinth. The names of the fallen are on similar tablets on the three other sides of the memorial. The WW2 names are set in a small polished grey granite tablet with black lettering at the bottom of the front face of the plinth. A low metal fence surrounds the monument.
Inscription: Front plinth face: ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY / OF / THE MEN / OF KILCHOMAN PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 // REMEMBER THE LOVE OF THOSE WHO CAME NOT HOME // Other plinth faces: BRUICHLADDICH / (4 NAMES) / CARNDUNCAN / (1 NAME) / CONISBY / (2 NAMES) / FORELAND / (2 NAMES) / FORNASAIG / (2 NAMES) / GREINEAL / (1 NAME) / GRUINEART / (4 NAMES) / KILCHIARAN / (1 NAME) / KILCHOMAN / (1 NAME) / MACHRIE / (1 NAME) / OCTAMORE / (1 NAME) / PORT CHARLOTTE / (17 NAMES) / TAYVULLIN / (2 NAMES) // Tablet: 1939 - 1945 / CONISPIE / (1 NAME) / BRUICHLADDICH / (1 NAME) / SUNDERLAND / (1 NAME) / GRUINART / (1 NAME) / PORTCHARLOTTE / (5 NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 39
Died: 39
Information shown: Place name, forenames, surname
Order of names: Place name then surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: Place name, forename, initial, surname
Order of names: Place name then surname

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Kilchoman Parish

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