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Title
War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
pink granite & bronze
Measurements
H 200 x W 71 x D 68 cm;
Plinth: H 71 x W 120 x D 115 cm
Accession number
DG14_FJ_S008
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Custodian
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
C (Scotland)
Unveiling date
25th September 1921
Listing date
12/07/88
Signature/marks description
on base at back: THOS. J. CLAPPERTON R.B.S. / 1921; on right side of base: AB BURTON. / FOUNDER. / THAMES DITTON.
Inscription description
on plaque at front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY AND FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE NATION IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 SPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE […] DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY; on a plaque below: TO THOSE WHO IN THE SAME NOBLE SPIRIT OF SELF SACRIFICE GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 [...]