Memorial

St Clare's Hall (Auckengill and Nybster)

Tablet inside the hall

Source: Copyright Ian M Aitchison

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Current Location

St Clare's Hall, Auckengill (A99), Auckengill, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW1 4XR, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

ND 36865 63787

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 5956
Description: Marble plaque mounted on a purple painted frame. On the top there are two lions, on each side of the triangular top. Before the names there are two high relief soldiers, one fighting and one that fell. Outside the hall there are sandstone gateposts with busts of a soldier (Donald Budge of South Keiss) and a sailor (William Bremner of Keiss). The statues were moved slightly when the A9 was re-aligned and a bottle containing coins from Russia, China, Germany & the USA found in a recess under the soldier.
Inscription: IN UNDYING MEMORY OF/ OUR WARRIORS WHO/ FELL IN FRANCE/ 1914 1919/ ST JOHN/ [...]/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ OF AUCKENGILL/ AND NYBSTER/ (Names)/ 1939 SECOND WORLD WAR 1945/ (Names) South gatepost: Tribute to World War veterans of Auckengill & Nybster. North gatepost: They have given life and blood faced shot and shell.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank (only for the one officer), regiment, date of death, age of death
Order of names: date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death

History

Maker(s): John Nicholson, Sculptor

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

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St Clare's Hall (Auckengill and Nybster)

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St Clare's Hall (Auckengill and Nybster)

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

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