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Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial
Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial

Image credit: John O'Neill / Art UK

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A four-sided obelisk with bevelled corners, ornamental garlands carved near the top. The pinnacle of the monument is made from a smaller piece of granite, set on the flat top of the wider obelisk. A bronze roundel above the inscription, etched in black, bears the seal of the local council. There are names in black on other three sides of obelisk. It was originally located in McGavin Public Park but moved to the cemetery in 1948.
Title

Kilwinning and Bartonholm War Memorial

Date

1933

Medium

granite

Measurements

H 600 x W 200 x D 200 cm

Accession number

KA13_JON_S006

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th November 1933

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at all times

Inscription description

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND THE / MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THE / PARISH OF KILWINNING / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR / KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / ALSO OF THE / MEN AND WOMEN IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 1914-1918 / (names) 1914-1918 / (names) / BARTONHOLM / (names) 1939-1945 / (names)

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Located at

Kilwinning Cemetery, Bridgend Lane, Kilwinning

KA13 7JB