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Aboyne and Glen Tanar Memorial Hall

Aboyne and Glen Tanar Memorial Buildings (Victory Hall)

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North side of the A93, War Memorial Buildings (Victory Hall), Ballater Road, Aboyne, Kincardine And Deeside, Grampian, AB34 5HY, Scotland

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NO 52782 98619

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Hall / Institute
WMR Reference Number: 5853
Description: War Memorial Hall is a 2-storey, 3-bay building with 2-bay wing to the northeast, constructed of tooled, coursed, pink granite with grey dressings and finely finished margins. The principal (southeast) elevation is near-symmetrical, with a round-arched chamfered loggia to three bays of the ground floor, each with a tympanum and tooled shield on the keystone. There is a grey granite plaque above reading 'WAR MEMORIAL BUILDINGS'. The northeast and southwest elevations are asymmetrical. On the southwest elevation is a canted window with a plaque below reading 'THIS STONE WAS LAID BY MARGARET LOTHIAN BARONESS GLENTANAR, 7TH MAY 1921'. The hall is enclosed by a granite rubble boundary wall with rough-faced coping. The war memorial is near the entrance to the Hall. It commemorates the dead of both World War I and II and the Korean war. It is situated on the west side of the arched entrance to the hall and is in the form of an arched five-sided recess containing stained glass windows between the memorial plaques. Each window contains a seated female figure representing - 'Valour, Patriotism, Victory, Peace, Freedom, Justice'. Inside the building there is a roll of honour of those who served and survived the great war..
Inscription: Right Panel : IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL /REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN /OF ABOYNE AND GLEN TANAR/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/ [Names] Left Panel : TO THE GLORY OF GOD /AND TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF /THOSE OF ABOYNE AND GLEN TANAR/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES IN THE WAR /1939-1945. /[Names] KOREAN WAR/ 1950-1953/ [Name]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 48
Died: 48
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: Rank, surname, forename, service
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1

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Aboyne and Glen Tanar Memorial Hall

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