Memorial

Keith

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Current Location

Ajdjacent to the Main Road, Memorial garden, Main Road, Keith, Moray, Grampian, AB55 5FG, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NJ 43136 50751

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 8660
Description: Sarcophagus style cenotaph with flanking wing walls on a three stepped base. The WW1 Dedication is contained within a wreath at the centre of the wall of plaques. The WW1 names are on 4 bronze plaques and the WW2 names are on 2 Bronze Plaques which each have metal '1939-1945' lettering in relief on the stonework above them. There is epitaph lettering for each conflict carved into the stonework.
Inscription: 1914-1918/SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/"THEIR WORKS DO/FOLLOW THEM" [names on 4 plaques, 3 columns on each plaque- the first plaque is entirely Gordon Highlanders, the 2nd plaque has 3 1/3rd columns of Gordon Highlanders] "FAIR IS THE FATE OF THESE/WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/THEIR TOMB IS AN ALTAR/FOR TEARS THEY HAVE REMEM-/BRANCE: FOR PITY PRAISE" 1939-1945/[names on 2 plaques, each with 2 columns]/ "THOSE WE CALL THE DEAD,/ARE BREATHERS OF AN AMPLER DAY/FOR EVER NOBLER ENDS"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 257
Died: 257
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, decorations
Order of names: regiment THEN rank THEN surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 69
Died: 69
Information shown: surname, forenames, service, rank, decorations
Order of names: service THEN rank THEN surname

History

Maker(s): Sir George Washington Browne RSA, Architect
Arthur George Walker of London, Builder

Ceremonies

Unveiled

11 November 1923

Colonel J J George of McDuff

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Keith

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