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    Memorial

    Melness

    Melness District War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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    Current Location

    North end of cemetery, just inside gateway., Achuvoldrach Cemetery, A838 - West side of Kyle Of Tongue Bridge, Melness, Sutherland, Highlands and Islands, IV27 4YR, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NC 57321 59266

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    5916
    Description
    Round, tapering, column with a ball at the top set on a square plinth with tablets for the dedication and names in white lettering. The whole is set on two steps.
    Inscription
    6o'clock face: Erected / IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF THE HEROES & HEROINE / FROM THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 ALSO/ OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (Names) 3o'clock face: (Names) 9o'clock face: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    19
    Died
    19
    Information shown
    rank, forenames, surname, decorations, regiment.
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    rank, forenames, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    rank

    Components

    Column

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Tablets

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 30 September 1922 SUTHERLANDSHIRE MEMORIAL.
  • The Scotsman - Saturday 30 September 1922 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19220930/062/0010 WAR MEMORIALS MELNESS, SUTHERLAND. — A war memorial was unveiled at Melness, Sutherland, in presence of a large gathering. The Rev. David Lundie, minister of the parish, presided, and the unveiling was performed by ex-Provost Donald Mackay, of Thurso, who, in addressing the gathering paid a high tribute to the manhood of the district for the unequalled response they had made to the country's call for men in the days of the Great War, Melness is one ot the most populous crofting districts in the North, and more than one quarter of its population were on service, either with the sea or land forces . , The memorial takes the form of a granite monument erected in the local burying-ground, which is situated close to the sea, arid overlooks the Kyle of Tongue.
  • http://www.tongueskerraymelnesswarmemorials.co.uk/Melness-War-Memorial.html
  • http://cosuthtribute.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/War Memorial Melness
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