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    Memorial

    Lunan

    Source: Copyright Karen Mitchell

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    Current Location

    Church now closed up and no longer used. Windows filled in but building still standing., Parish Church, Lunan, Angus, Tayside, DD11 5ST, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NO 68710 51550

    Denomination

    Church of Scotland

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5693
    Description
    Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, plinth, and two stepped base. The dedication is at the foot of the shaft with the names on the faces of the plinth.
    Inscription
    6o'clock face: IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE 'OLD BOYS' OF/ LUNAN SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR./ 1914-1918/ (Names) 12o'clock face: IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF LUNAN/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-45/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    13
    Died
    13
    Information shown
    surname, forenames, home village
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    surname, forenames, home village
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS GIBB BROS., Makers

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    6 November 1921

    Mrs Stansfield of Dunninald, widow of Colonel J. R. E. Stansfield, D.S.O., Gordon Highlanders.

    Dedicated

    6th November 1921

    Rev. P. C. Cox, parish minister

    Unveiled

    19 May 1946

    Mrs Blair Imrie of Lunan

    Rededicated

    19 May 1946

    Rev. T. Alexander, Parish Minister

    Custodian
    Angus Council

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Granite - Kemnay


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs - Friday 04 November 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000475/19211104/058/0007 Parish Memorial Unveiling.
    • Dundee Courier - Monday 07 November 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19211107/034/0003 LUNAN SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL Bears the Names of Thirteen Old Boys.
    • Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs - Friday 11 November 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000475/19211111/067/0006 Lunan School War Memorial.
    • Montrose Standard - Friday 11 November 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002751/19211111/065/0007 LUNAN SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED
    • Dundee Courier - Monday 20 May 1946 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19460520/066/0003 LUNAN WAR MEMORIAL REDEDICATED
    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2639&mforum=warmemscot