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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)