Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North East Fife
- Town
- Rathillet
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44382
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Current location
in a field near the school
Rathillet
North East Fife
Fife
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 366 209
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WHEEL CROSS OF STONE WITH CELTIC-STYLE CARVING ON HEAD AND SHAFT OF CROSS. CROSS SURMOUNTS TAPERING STONE PEDESTAL WHICH BEARS NAMES AND INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. SQUARE-SET STONE BASE.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-18/ (names) 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock faces: WWII/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, John A
Bell, Patrick C
Biggs, William
Campbell, James
Carney, Michael
Carney, Robert
Donaldson, James C
Donaldson, John C
Douglas, Daniel G
Henderson, Graham
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Condition
- RATHILLET
- WMO ID: 146639
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1684&mforum=warmemscot [images are before the WW2 names were added]
- Images in 2019 after WW2 names added- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/146639/
- Fife Today 4 October 2013 about adding the WW2 names- also gives their ranks and service details
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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