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A freestanding cross memorial with a path in a grassy area surrounded by a low wall. It consists of a square plinth, with a slender stone shaft surmounted by a cross. Each side is panelled to receive the inscriptions and names in incised lettering. On the south face of the column is a shield with lion on it and below it is a sword with ribbon carved around the blade. The west face of the column has a shield with lion and saltire on it, and on the north face of the column is a shield with thistle and a crown. On the east face of the column is a shield with saltire on it. There are three names tablets for the First World War, an added tablet for the Second World War, and on the surrounding wall a plaque for a casualty from Afghanistan.

Title

Strathblane War Memorial

Date

1921

Medium

Doddington stone

Accession number

G63_GB_S001

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Strathblane Community Council

Custodian

Strathblane Community Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

21st August 1921

Access

at all times

Inscription description

shaft on banner around sword: 1914-1919; front of plinth: + / SACRED TO / THE MEMORY / OF THOSE FROM / THE PARISH OF / STRATHBLANE / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR; front of base: THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE.; column one: JOHN Y. BARR / LT. A&S.H. / ROBERT BLAIR / PTE. H.L.I. / JAS. C. CARTWRIGHT / PTE. A&S.H. / WM. J. CARTWRIGHT / GNR. R.F.A. / WM DEVLYN / PTE. H.L.I. / GEORGE DON / GNR. R.F.A. / WM. G. EDMONSTONE / LT. COLDSTREAM GDS. / WILLIAM KER / LT. RN. DIVN. / ALEX LOWE / SPR. R.E.; on the base below 1939-1945 / JAMES CALLENDER / GNR R.A. / ANDREW M. MACLEAN / LT R.N.V.R. / GILBERT McKAY / P / O R.N.V.R. / ARCHIBALD MACNICOL / SPR R.E / RICHARD N.R. PEDDER / LIEUT COL H.L.I. / ALEXANDER TURNBULL / CH P / O R.N.V.R.; column two: ALEX MITCHELL / PTE S.R. / DANIEL MORRISON / PTE. K.O.S.B. / WILFRID MOYES M.M. / SGT. R.W.SURREY REGT. / JOHN McCULLOCH / PTE. A&S.H. / DONALD McINTYRE / PTE. LOVAT SCOUTS / JAS. MACINTYRE / PTE. SEAFORTH HLDRS. / DONALD McNEILL / SGT. BLACK WATCH / R.B. ROWLEY ORR / CAPT. A&S.H. / WM. PATERSON / PTE. A&S.H.; column three: COLIN RANKIN / L.CPL. H.L.I. / ROBERT RIGG / CPL. GORDON HLDRS. / JAMES ROBB / TPR. LIFE GDS. / ARCHD. L. SCOTT / PTE. M.G.C. / MICHAEL STEWART / PTE. KINGS LIVERPOOL REGT. / FERGUSON THOMSON M.M. / PTE. SCOTS GDS. / ERIC YARROW / LT. A&S.H. / PHILIP BINNIE / 2ND LT. 3RD S.R. CAMERONIANS / JOHN DILLON / PTE. R.A.M.C.; plaque on the wall nearby IN MEMORY OF / ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO / GARY WRIGHT / OF THIS PARISH / KILLED IN ACTION IN / AFGHANISTAN / 19TH OCTOBER 2006 / AGED 27 YEARS

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