Memorial

Men of The Parish of Olrig

Full frontal view

Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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Current Location

Memorial Square, Main Street, Castletown, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW14 8TU, Scotland

ND 19409 67957

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 5943
Description: Tall square slightly tapering stone column with niche in the centre. A stone base and pedestal is inset into the niche with a classical style bronze figure (Repentance- a young man dressed in a toga and laurel wreath) placed on top of it. Whole stands on a stone base with railed section at the front, probably to accommodated wreaths. Dedicatory inscription carved at the top of the square column and names listed on two bronze plaques placed on the front face of the pedestal and pedestal base. A wreath is carved into the stone either side of the top of the niche.
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO DIED/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 40
Died: 40
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, decorations
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: The 1925 unveiling report states 22 men commemorated, which seems hard to believe