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    Memorial

    Pluscarden Parish Church WW1 Memorial Cairn

    Pluscarden Cairn

    Source: Copyright Vincent Stuart

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    Current Location

    To the right of the entrance gate to the churchyard - see picture, Parish of Birnie and Pluscarden Church, Unnamed road, Pluscarden, Moray, Grampian, IV30 3UA, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NJ 14902 57291

    Denomination

    Church of Scotland

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    Type of Memorial
    Cairn
    WMR Reference Number
    76650
    Description
    Rustic cairn of large roughly hewn boulders. The commemoration and names of the dead are listed in gold lettering on a black marble tablet set into the front. There is also a simple plaque on the wall at the side of the path to the church (WMR reference: 78567)
    Inscription
    THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE / OF PLUSCARDEN IN APPRECIATIVE AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE / KILLED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919 / (Names) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A / MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    Rank, forename, surname, decorations, regiment
    Order of names
    surname

    Components

    Cairn

    Made from: Granite



    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1881&mforum=warmemscot
    • https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/7376
    • The Northern Scot 25 December 1921