Memorial

Wick

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Current Location

Corner of Cliff Road and Station Road, Wick, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW1 5EF, Scotland

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ND 36210 50854

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 5937
Description: Figure of Victory on stone pillar in elevated walled enclosure reached by steps. The name plaques are mounted on the semicircular walls.
Inscription: IN HONOUR OF ALL/ THOSE WHO SUFFERED/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE FALLEN/ SONS OF THE BURGH OF WICK/ WHO DIED FOR HOME/ AND FREEDOM/ IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1919/(Names). ALSO/ IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THOSE/ OF THIS BURGH WHO SUFFERED/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names).

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 257
Died: 257
Information shown: rank, regiment, forename, decorations, surname
Order of names: regiment THEN rank THEN surname
Additional Information: Contemporary newspaper report (1923) says 297 names of fallen belonging to the burgh- this would seem to have been a typesetting error as 257 is the number on the memorial

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 96
Died: 96
Information shown: rank, service, forenames, surname
Order of names: service THEN rank THEN surname

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: surname, rank, service, forenames
Order of names: service THEN rank THEN surname

History

Maker(s): Percy Herbet, Portsmouth ARSA, Sculptor

Ceremonies

Unveiled

31st October 1923

General The Lord Horne of Stirkoke GCB KCMG ADC

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