War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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A stepped granite square-plan cenotaph centrally placed in Wellington Square gardens. It has centrally placed steps to all elevations, tilted angle bronze plaques to the base, bronze remembrance boards to the lower shaft, a ridged frieze above, and a tapering square apex.
Title

War Memorial

Date

1924

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

KA7_JON_S032

Work type

War memorial

Owner

South Ayrshire Council

Listing status

C (Scotland)

Unveiling date

13th August 1924

Listing date

29/03/99

Access

at all times

Inscription description

side 1: IN EVER-GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE ROYAL BURGH / OF AYR WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE CAUSE OF / FREEDOM AND HONOUR DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES); epitaph panel: THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, / WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.; each of three plaques: (First World War names); Second World War dedication plaque: AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945; plaques: (Names)

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Located at

Wellington Square, Ayr

KA7 1HG