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A helmeted Highland soldier standing at ease on a pedestal of whinstone blocks. There are three crests representing the Seaforths, Gordons and Admiralty.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1922

Medium

bronze & granite

Measurements

H 304 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

IV36_DM_S005

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Moray Council

Custodian

Moray Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

23rd August 1922

Listing date

30/03/83

Access

at all times

Inscription description

first plaque: PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY / BY THE / ROYAL BRITISH LEGION / FORRES BRANCH / IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE/ 100TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE ARMISTICE / OF WW1 / 1914 - 1918 / 11TH NOVEMBER /1918 - 2018; second plaque: PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY / BY THE / ROYAL BRITISH LEGION / FORRES BRANCH / IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE FORMATION OF THE / ROYAL AIR FORCE / 2018 - 2018 / FORMED ON 1ST APRIL 1918 / FROM TE AMALGAMATION / OF / THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE / (1914 - 1918 ) / AND / THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS / (1912 - 1918); IN EVERLASTING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF FORRES / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE: / MAY WE BE WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE" / (names) IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF FORRES / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 / IN MEMORIAM / (names) / GULF WAR / 1991 / (name) / QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDERS

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