Memorial

Oban Parish Church

Source: ML Brockway

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Current Location

Oban Parish Church, Glencruitten Road, Oban, Argyll And Bute, PA34 4BY, Scotland

NM 86066 29608

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 68842
Description: Rectangular marble tablet with a pediment and shelf at the base. Head is richly carved in lotus leaf design with a crown and cross figuring in the top centre.
Inscription: Top: Crown withPRO PATRIA Top half of tablet is WW1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN / FROM THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919 / (names in two columns) / "GUS AM BRIS AN LA AGUS TEICH NA SGAILEAN." Lower half is WW2: 1939-1945 / (names in two columns)

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 20 November 1920 Page 1 Notice of unveiling.
Glasgow Herald 22 November 1920
Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 27 November 1920 Page 5 OBAN PARISH CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL. UNVEILING OF MARBLE TABLET. ---