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Title
War Memorial
Date
1924
Medium
Blaxter stone
Measurements
H 500 x W 200 x D 200 cm
Accession number
G63_GB_S004
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Killearn Community Council
Custodian
Killearn Community Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
10th April 1924
Access
at all times
Inscription description
TO THE MEN OF KILLEARN PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / WALTER AITKEN PTE S.R. / GEORGE BATTISON R.E. SPR. / ROBERT CARR PTE. GORDON HDRS. / ALEX. DOBBIE PTE. GORDON HDRS. / WILLIAM G. EDMONSTONE LT. COLDSTREAM GDS. / WALTER FAIRLIE L / CPL. A.&.S.H. / PETER GORDON PTE. SCOTS GDS. / WILLIAM JENKINSON SGNLR. GRENADIER GDS. / JOHN JOHNSTON PTE. BLACK WATCH / HENDRY LAMONT PTE. ROYAL SCOTS / HUGH LENNIE PTE. C.E.F. / THOMAS MACKIE PTE. H.L.I. / ANDREW MARSHALL DR. H.L.I. / DAVID MARSHALL AC. CPL. M.G.C. / KENNETH S. MILLER LT. S.R. / WILLIAM MORRISON DR. R.E. / HUGH MCCALLUM L / CPL. GORDON HDRS. / PETER MCCALLUM PTE. C.E.F. / ARCHIBALD MCLAREN PTE. GORDON HDRS. / JOHN MCLEAN PTE. A.&.S.H. / WILLIAM MCLEAN PTE. A.&.S.H. / ERNEST P. ORR EWING CAPT. SCOTS GDS. / WILLIAM PATERSON PTE. A.&.S.H. / JOHN SANDERSON LT. BORDER REGT. / JOHN SCOTT GNR. R.F.A. / HERBERT SPORTON SERGT. A.&.S.H. / JAMES VALENTINE PTE. ROYAL SCOTS / DAVID WILSON LT. A.&.S.H. Plinth: ALSO OF THE MEN WHO FELL / IN THE WAR 1939-1948 / + / FREDERICK BARCLAY SERGT. RECCE CORPS / JOHN B.B. BROMILOV CPT. K.O.S.B. / JAMES L. FRASER LT. R.N.V.R. / DUNCAN K. MCCUAIG D.F.C. F / LT. R.A.F. / ERIC N. MCCUAIG F / SERGT. R.A.F. FAR SPREAD THE GRAVES THAT / SHRINE THE GLORIOUS DUST / OF THEM WHOSE NAMES THESE / STONES RECEIVE IN TRUST. / GRANT THEM O LORD THY / SABBATH’S PEACE DIVINE / AND LET THEY LIGHT FOR EVER / ON THEM SHINE.