Memorial

Deerness

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Sandside Bay, adjacent to Skaill Farm and Church, end of the B9050 road, Deerness, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, KW17 2QJ, Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 61734
Description: Tapered Red Granite Obelisk, on a tapered plinth, and a base-both of which are red granite
Inscription: Front Face-ERECTED BY/PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/NATIVES OF THIS PARISH/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919 2 Other Faces-[names]

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death, age
Order of names: date of death

Unveiled

August 1920

Rev. J. M. Ramsay

Base

Made from: Granite - Red

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Granite - Red

Condition: Good

Obelisk

Made from: Granite - Red

Condition: Good

"Almost an Island" Page 190/191 Deerness Social History Group "Memorial, erected by public subscription, unveiled by Rev. J. M. Ramsay" ISBN 9780955081200
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