Memorial

Aberdeen War Memorial

Aberdeen City

Source: Copyright Stuart Reid

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Current Location

Junction of School Hill and Blackfriars Street, Cowdray Hall, School Hill, Aberdeen, City Of Aberdeen, Grampian, AB10 1JQ, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NJ 93865 06348

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 5812
Description: A Corinthian colonnade quadrant corner with six columns with a sculpture of the British Lion at the front. On each side of the wall there is a former County Council coats of arms and at the centre is a wreath.
Inscription: Hall: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ "MCMXIV - MCMXIX"/ "MCMXXXIX - MCMXLV" Memorial Court panel: THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR FREEDOM Book of Remembrance: HERE BEGINNETH THE ROLL OF THE MEN AND/ WOMEN OF ABERDEEN WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914-1919: BEING THE RECORD OF THEIR/ NAMES, OF THEIR RANKS IN THE NAVY, THE/ ARMY, THE AIR FORCE, AND THE MERCANTILE/ MARINE; OF THEIR HOMES, AND OF THE DATES/ OF THEIR SACRIFICES TI THE SACRED CAUSE OF/ FREEDOM, TRUTH AND JUSTICE./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 5042
Died: 5042
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of death, additional, decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)

Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of death, additional, decorations
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The 5042 WW1 names include 4 VC's- Captain James A O Brooke, Lieutenant Robert G Combe, Captain Archibald B Smith and Brigadier Frederick W Lumsden VC DSO and 3 bars (one of 3 brothers who fell)

History

Maker(s): Messrs A Marshall Mackenzie & Son, Designer
William MacMillan, ARA, Designer