Memorial

Ellon

Ellon Front

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Ellon War Memorial, The Square, Ellon, Gordon, Grampian, AB41 9JB, Scotland

NJ 95839 30515

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 8577
Description: Gordon Highlander in Shirt Sleeve Order and Bonnet with Rifle in "On Guard" position on substantial plinth surrounded by railings.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / THOSE BELONGING FROM THE / BURGH AND PARISH OF ELLON / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / AND / OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 // 3 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 9 o'clock faces: (WW1 Names) // Separate tablet: [WW2 names] // Around the top : THEY DIED /THAT WE / MIGHT LIVE // Additional tablet: THIS PLAQUE HAS BEEN ERECTED and DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THIS DISTRICT / AND PARISH WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF / OUR COUNTRY EITHER IN ACTION OR AS A RESULT / OF WOUNDS RECEIVED DURING ONE OF THE / MANY CONFLICTS OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN / INVOLVED IN SINCE 1945 / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD / AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEAR CONDEMN , AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM / 2000 A.D.

Maker(s): Messrs. William Edwards and Son, Builder
Mr James Cobban, Architect

Rededicated

2000

Unknown