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    Memorial

    Men of Berriedale and Braemore

    Full frontal view

    Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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    Current Location

    By Berriedale Bridge, Berriedale and Braemore War Memorial, A9, Berriedale, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW7 6HE, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    ND 11825 22667

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    57146
    Description
    Square pillar with entablature supporting a sloped top. The figure of St Andrew is placed on the top. Inscription on the sides of the pillar. Whole stands on a stone paved terrace. Dedicatory inscription on a bronze plaque placed on the front face. Names carved on the the other three faces. Thistles carved at the top of the pillar and wreath etched at the top of the plaque.
    Inscription
    Around the top: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE // Plaque on 6 o'clock front face: HONOR / ET / GLORIA / TO COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTISM / OF THE MEN OF BERRIEDALE AND BRAEMORE / WHO FOUGHT ON LAND AND SEA / SOME OF THEM GIVING THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / AND IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD / FOR THE VICTORY / THEIR VALOUR HELPED TO WIN / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY WILLIAM ARTHUR / SIXTH DUKE OF PORTLAND K.G.,G.C.V.O. / LORD LIEUT. OF THE COUNTY OF CAITHNESS / MCMXIX. // 9 o'clock face: THOSE WHO SERVED / BERRIEDALE / (29 NAMES) / BRAEMORE. / (5 NAMES) // 12 o'clock face: ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (4 NAMES) // 3 o'clock face: THOSE KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS / BERRIEDALE / (14 NAMES) / BRAEMORE / (5 NAMES) / THOSE WOUNDED / BERRIEDALE / (13 NAMES) / BRAEMORE / (2 NAMES) // 6 o'clock base: 1914 1918 / FRANCE / BELGIUM // 9 o'clock base; PALESTINE / GALLIPOLI // 12 o'clock base: 1939 1945 / SIR ERNEST GEORGE. R.A. / ALFRED B YEATES. / ARCHITECTS. // Floor slabs: THIS MEMORIAL WAS GIVEN TO / THE COUNTY OF CAITHNESS BY / THE DUKE OF PORTLAND - 1920
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    68
    Served
    49
    Died
    19
    Information shown
    Manner of death, wounded, served, forename, initials, surname, honours, rank, regiment, service, place of death, date of death
    Order of names
    Date of death group, then wounded group, then served group
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of names
    Rank
    Maker(s)
    • SIR ERNEST GEORGE RA, Designer

    • Alfred Bowman Yeates FRIBA, Designer

    • Basil Gotto, Sculptor

    • H H Martyn and Co., Founder / Foundry

    • MR T ELSLEY LTD, Founder / Foundry

    • MESSRS JOHN FYFE LTD, Mason

    • Mr George King, Builder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    25 September 1920

    Duchess of Portland

    Dedicated

    25 September 1920

    Revd W Caird Taylor

    Custodian
    Caithness County Council

    Components

    Pillar

    Height: 7620mm


    Made from: Granite - Kemnay


    Condition: Good


    Historic Environment Scotland

    Grade: II

    List Entry: LB7969

    Grade B

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic Environment Scotland

    Grade: II

    List Entry: LB7969

    Grade B

    • Scottish War Memorials Project-http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=202&mforum=warmemscot
    • BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN 104 Source: Image Library Caithness volume
    • Other website http://tinyurl.com/oteazy
    • The Scotsman 28 Sep 1920- WAR MEMORIALS BERRIEDALE.— The first war memorial completed in the county of Caithness was unveiled on Saturday by the Duchess of Portland. The monument, which has been erected entirely at the expense of the Duke of Portland, occupies a picturesque site in Berriedale Glen beside the High road. The monument is from a design of Sir Ernest George, R.A., and Mr Alfred Yeates, F.R.I.B.A., and is of simple, classical form in grey Kemnay granite, about 25 feet high, set on a stone-paved terrace about 30 feet square, and is surmounted by a figure of St Andrew cast in bronze, from a model by the sculptor, Mr Basil Gotto. The panel fronting the public road bears an inscription cast in bronze, and the north and south side panels contain not only the names of those who were killed or wounded, but also the names and regimental particulars of all who served. Of the 68 men who served, 19 were killed, and 15 were wounded. At the ceremony, which took place in the afternoon in pleasant weather, there was a parade of about 50 members of the Berriedale and Dunbeath Post of the Comrades of the Great War. Among the Duke's party were Lord and Lady Titchfield, Lord Morven, Mr and Mrs Gerald Lee, and Major Baker Carr, Rev. W. Caird Taylor, B.D., parish minister, presided, and conducted service. Thereafter the Duchess of Portland unveiled the monument, and the monument was dedicated by Mr Caird Taylor. The Duke of Portland afterwards addressed the gathering.
    • Photographs and details of the unveiling ceremony-http://www.caithness.org/atoz/berriedale/berriedalememorial/index.htm
    • Carter Postcard Collection