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    Memorial

    Moffat

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    Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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    Current Location

    Town Square, Moffat, Annandale And Eskdale, Dumfries and Galloway, DG10 9EU, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 08491 05269

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5876
    Description
    Market Cross with a circular column in stone surmounted by the Burgh Crest of flying spurs and a cross in bronze.
    Inscription
    TO THE MEMORY /OF THE MEN / OF MOFFAT WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 / 1919 / (NAMES) (NAMES) / ALSO IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    78
    Died
    78
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    16
    Died
    16
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Korean War (1950-1953)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    War
    Military Service
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Reginald Fairlie ARSA RSA, Architect

    • Mr Alexander Carrick RSA RBS, Sculptor

    Maintenance History
    2014-£6,700 of repairs of which £1,700 was from War Memorials Trust

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    November 1920

    Major Murray of Murraythwaite, M.P. for Dumfriesshire

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Column

    Made from: Stone - Freestone


    Condition: Good


    • Scottish War Memorials Project http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic555.html
    • The Scotsman 30 November 1920 -'The Moffat war memorial - the first burgh memorial to be completed in the county - was unveiled by Major Murray of Murraythwaite, M.P. for Dumfriesshire. A service was taken part in by the various ministers of the town, and addresses were given by Major Murray, Provost Huskie, and the Rev. R. Somers, B.D., parish minister. The Magistrates, Town Councillors, and burgh officials attended. The monument, which was designed by Mr. Reginald Fairlie, architect, Edinburgh, is composed of Doddington quarry freestone, the base and shaft being about 30 feet in height, the top being surmounted by the burgh crest, the flying spur, in bronze. It is in the form of a market cross, and is erected on the old historic site of the Market Cross, and bears the names of seven officers and seventy non-commissioned officers and men. The sculptor was Mr. Alexander Carrick, Edinburgh.'
    • Other website http://wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Dumfries and Galloway/Moffat War Memorial.htm
    • Carter Postcard Collection