Memorial

Shotts

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Current Location

Outside the Public Library, Benhar Road, Shotts, Motherwell, ML7 5EN, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NS 8792 5984

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 86820
Description: Obelisk on a pedestal and 3 stage base. The Dedication and WW1 names are on tablets on each of the 4 faces of the pedestal, WW2 and later names are on tablets on the top step. Canmore and local sources agree that the memorial was previously at NS 87052 59659 in a then public park and was moved in 1981.
Inscription: Face 1- "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"//IN/GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/AND SECOND WORLD WAE/1939-1945/[WW1 names]//WW2 names Aitchison to Gunn] Face 2-[WW1 names A to Gallagher]//[WW2 names Haddow to McMillan] Face 3- [WW1 names Galloway to Murray]/[WW2 names McVey to Swan] Face 4- [WW1 names McPake to Ward]/[WW2 names Traynor to Wynne and Korean War names]

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 155
Died: 155
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of names: surname THEN forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 59
Died: 59
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service, decorations
Order of names: surname THEN forename

War: Korean War (1950-1953)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, initial of forename, rank, regiment
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): Mr T Orr, Designer
Costs: £1200

Ceremonies

Unveiled

11 June 1922

Mrs Brown, wife of Matthew Brown, the manager of Shotts Iron Company, unveiled the memorial.

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