Lochmaben

• First World War (1914-1918)
  Total names on memorial: 65
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 65
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, initial, surname, military unit
  Order of information: Grouped by military unit, then alphabetical by surname
• Second World War (1939-1945)
  Total names on memorial: 17
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 17
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, initial, surname, military unit
  Order of information: Names listed alphabetically by surname

• Base
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Granite
• Figure
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Granite
• Steps
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Granite

• Lochmaben WWI and WWII
• WMO ID: 160636
• Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-07-2017]
• Help update these details if the condition is wrong
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Site: NIL
Comments: Site presented by Sir R.W. Buchanan Jardine, Bart of Castlemilk
Memorial: £385

• www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/160636/
• 'APPROVED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ROYAL BURGH OF LOCHMABEN & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL', held on 2nd May 2023; Treasurer's Report includes the expenditure entry 'Restoration and cleaning of War Memorial: £ 480.00'. lochmaben.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Documents/LCC%20Minute%20May%202023.pdf ' DRAFT MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL BURGH OF LOCHMABEN & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL', dated 5/6/2023; Chairman's Report: ' The Memorial has benefitted from professional cleaning and enhancement, despite the recent vandalism. Our thanks go to Carol Rogerson and her team of volunteers and the DGC Area Committee Discretionary budget for financial support'. lochmaben.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LCC-AGM-2023.pdf
• Report dated 16/7/2022: 'Urgent repair calls for damaged memorial. LOCHMABEN’S award winning war memorial has been extensively damaged after it was hit by a tractor and trailer. It happened on Monday and the area has now been cordoned off until it can be repaired. Community councillors are hoping that it will be fully restored quickly and member Carol Rogerson has already written to Dumfries and Galloway Council asking for prompt action. She said: “I am worried it does not get repaired to the same standard it was. I would imagine they will have to take it to pieces to see the extent of the damage and then rebuild it, it will need a specialist builder. “We want it restored to how it should be – and by November would be ideal in time for Remembrance.” Carol also pointed out that the original ironwork was painstakingly restored last year by her husband, Andrew, and is quite rare, so she hopes it too can be salvaged. The memorial was erected after World War I and features names of soldiers from the royal burgh who fought in both World Wars. It is looked after by the community council and they were planning to enter in in a competition, after enjoying success in last year’s British Legion centenary contest to find the country’s best war memorials. However, Carol said: “Obviously that’s now been hit on the head.” www.dng24.co.uk/urgent-repair-calls-for-damaged-memorial/
• Report dated 10/12/2021: 'LOCHMABEN’S war memorial has been announced as the joint winner of a regional competition... Improvements to the burgh memorial were co-ordinated and driven forward by community council member Carol Rogerson. During the summer months Carol involved her five grandchildren in the war memorial project, as well as her husband Andrew...' www.dng24.co.uk/well-done-to-war-memorial-team/
• warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=183
• Scottish Legion News No.57 (June 1996) p.2 Published:Royal British Legion Scotland Winner of 1996 Best Kept War Memorial Competition (Small Community).
• Carter Postcard Collection
• Carlisle Journal 4/11/1921 page 7e
• The Scotsman, Thursday 3/11/1921 (page 6) reported: 'WAR MEMORIALS Lochmaben. A memorial to the men of Lochmaben parish who fell in the war was unveiled yesterday afternoon by Lady Buchanan Jardine of Castlemilk. The monument occupies a prominent position in the park gifted to the burgh by Sir Robert W. Buchanan Jardine Bart., at the junction of the Annan and Lockerbie roads. It consists of a grey, unpolished granite pedestal, rising from three steps, and surmounted by marble statue representing a King's Own Scottish Borderer, standing with "Arms Reversed", and having modern war equipment'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19211103/233/0006