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War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph
War Memorial Cenotaph

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A stone column surmounted with a bronze flame, with a figure of Courage holding a flag on the front.
Title

War Memorial Cenotaph

Medium

granite, bronze & lead

Accession number

G73_GB_S003

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

16 October 1924

Inscription description

on the front of the memorial: IN / HONOURED / REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN / OF RUTHERGLEN / WHO FELL / IN THE / GREAT WARS / 1914–1918 / 1939–1945; around the base: FRANCE / BELGIUM / FALKLAND ISLANDS / JUTLAND / GALLIPOLI / EGYPT / MESOPOTAMIA / SALONICA / PALESTINE / E. AFRICA / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / 1914–1919

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