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    Memorial

    Creetown (Kirkmabreck Parish)

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    Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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    Current Location

    Y junction of St. John Street and The Hollow, St. John Street, Creetown, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8 7HZ, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NX 47559 58987

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5871
    Description
    Celtic cross on tall octagonal pillar and stepped-base
    Inscription
    IN/SACRED / REMEMBRANCE / 1914-1918/ [Names on 4 other faces] IN/SACRED / REMEMBRANCE / 1939-1945 / [Names on adjoining 2 faces]
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    58
    Died
    58
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname

    Components

    Memorial

    Made from: Granite - Creetown


    Condition: Good


    • The Scotsman 3/10/1921- KIRKMABRECK:— A handsome granite memorial, which has been erected in Creetown for those belonging to the parish of Kirkmabreck who fell in the war was unveiled on Saturday by Colonel Rainsford Hannay, of Kirkdale. Three hundred and forty-two served in the war area overseas from the parish, of which fifty-eight were killed.
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