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Title
Shandon, Gullybridge War Memorial
Date
1919
Medium
red sandstone
Accession number
G84_GB_S018
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Helensburgh Community Council
Custodian
Helensburgh Community Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
C (Scotland)
Unveiling date
18th October1919
Listing date
18/03/94
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the lower shaft of the cross: AND THE / LEAVES / OF THE / TREE / WERE FOR / THE HEALING / OF THE / NATIONS TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / PTE. PETER ANDERSON. SCOT RIFLES / PTE. A. MACKENZIE. SEAFORTHS / LIEUT. W. DOUGLAS MILLER RGA & RFC / LIEUT. IAN M. MILLER. 2ND. A.&.S. HIGHDRs. / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION / CAPT. M. DOWNIE. R.A.M.C. / PTE. GEO MILLS. GORDON HIGHDRS. / PTE. A. ELRICK. K.O.S.B / WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / AND OF / THIRTY SIX MEN FROM THE DISTRICT WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND RETURNED IN SAFETY. carved into pedestal "GIVE THANKS O HEART FOR THE HIGH SOULS THAT POINT US TO THE DEATHLEASS GOALS".; plaque at the foot of the cross: WE THE COMMUNITY, PLEDGE OURSELVES / ANEW TO OUR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE / WARTIME GENERATION. / WE PROMISE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO / HELP WHERE THERE IS NEED, AND TO ENSURE / THAT THEY MAY ENJOY THE YEARS THAT LIE / AHEAD IN COMFORT, DIGNITY AND / CONTENTMENT. / THIS WE PROMISE AS A LASTING TOKEN OF / OUR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE. / MAY 1995; plaque on the pedestal, reverse side of the cross: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN / REMEMBRANCE OF THE YOUNG MEN / OF SHANDON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / L. CNL. JOHN CAIRNS / FLT. SGT. THOMAS S.G.GREIVE / PTE. WILLIAM GREIVE / PILOT OFFICER JAMES McGIBBON B.Sc / WILLIAMSON DRAPER MERCHANT NAVY / JOHN McDAID MERCHANT NAVY / THE PEOPLE BLESSED ALL THE MEN / THAT WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES / NEH. 11 2