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    Memorial

    Dundee Law -Beacon

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    Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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    Current Location

    Summit of the Law of Dundee - Local Landmark, The Law, Law Road, Dundee, Dundee, Tayside, DD3 6LD, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NO 39151 31289

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    Type of Memorial
    Other memorial
    WMR Reference Number
    6021
    Description
    Bronze brazier beacon surmounting a tapering plinth built of Cornish granite blocks bearing a carved dedication, and the whole set on a stepped base. Laurel wreath and cup design on top and an entry door on the 12 o'clock face. The Beacon is lit four times a year :- 25 September - Beginning of the Battle of Loos; 24 October - United Nations Day; Remembrance Sunday; 11 November - Armistice Day. See also our reference 63329 for the accompanying Roll of Honour Book, and 76445 for a copy of the pages of that book on an oak stand which was broken up in 2010.
    Inscription
    6o'clock face: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ DUNDEE MEN/ WHO/ FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 12o'clock face: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ DUNDEE MEN/ WHO/ FELL IN THE/ WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • MR W GAULDIE, Architect

    • MESSRS R PERT & SONS, Builder

    • Thomas Braddock FRIBA, Designer

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    16 May 1925

    Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO

    Dedicated

    16 May 1925

    Rev Dr A W Ferguson

    Components

    Other structure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 9000MM


    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    • Other website http://www.fdca.org.uk/LawMemorial.html
    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2633&sid=fbe40a647cb6ab75b02b6106eace58bd&mforum=warmemscot [Includes the order of service for the unveiling]
    • Full List of the fallen of Dundee- "Peoples Journal" 16 May 1925- a special War Supplement
    • Dundee Advertiser - 25 April 1925 - 'Committee decline to alter inscription'
    • Dundee Advertiser - 26 December 1923 - 'The Memorial on the Law'
    • Dundee Advertiser - 15 May 1925 - Dundee Memorial Unveiling'
    • Dundee Advertiser - 18 May 1925 - 'Dundee Honours its Brave'
    • Carter Postcard Collection