Memorial

Leitholm-Cross

Small WW2 tablet

Source: Copyright Will Ramsay

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Current Location

Eastern side of the bridge, Bughtrig Gardens, Main Street, Leitholm, Roxburgh, Borders, TD12 4JN, Scotland

NT 78797 44037

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 57810
Description: Celtic cross with decoration on arms and shaft. Inscription on shaft in black lettering. Set on a six-sided plinth and rough hewn base. WW1 names incised on front two faces of plinth in black lettering. Small angled faced tablet at foot of plinth with WW2 names.
Inscription: LEST/ WE/ FORGET/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 1914/ TO/ NOVEMBER 1918/ (Names)/ (On small tablet) 1939-1945/ (Names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service, date of death, decorations, regiment.
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname.

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=88020&mforum=warmemscot#88020 . Accessed 19 August 2021
Unveiling- See The Scotsman 1 May 1919
the Third Statistical Account of Scotland's Berwickshire volume, regarding the Leitholm memorial. p175 MODERN MEMORIALS A fine grey Celtic cross stands at the west end of Leitholm. It is the War Memorial for the First World War and was the first to be erected in Scotland for those who fell in that War.