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Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower
Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower

Image credit: Walter Allan / Art UK

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Also known locally as Wick Memorial Tower, it was erected in memory of veterans from Caithness, not just those from Wick. It was officially unveiled on Saturday 25th September 1909.

The report on the unveiling ceremony, in the 'John o' Groat Journal' (Friday 1st October 1909), identifies the tower's designer as the Kirkintilloch-born Scottish architect John Shanks (1866–1944). An additional attachment from the same newspaper (Friday 8th October issue) gives the details of those also involved in its erection, including the contractor Donald Harper, the plasterer Mr Smith and the memorial inscriptions' carver Mr Hood.
Title

Caithness Veterans' Memorial Tower

Date

1909

Accession number

KW1_WA_S038

Work type

War memorial

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Located at

Proudfoot Road, Wick

KW1 4PO

Occupying a prominent position in a coastal setting at the North Head in Wick, and overlooking Wick Bay.