Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Stewartry
- Town
- Kirkcudbright
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44414
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Current location
In the Assembly Hall
Kirkcudbright Academy
Dovecroft
Kirkcudbright
Stewartry
Dumfries And Galloway
DG6 4JS
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 67984 50853
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass plaque mounted on a wooden backboard. Additional board with three plaques for WW2 placed below. Incised inscription in red and black lettering. Foliate design incised at the top of the WW1 plaques with a stave separating the two columns of names on each central plaque
- Inscription
- UPPER CENTRE PLAQUE: 1914 1919/ IN MEMORY OF THE/ FORMER PUPILS/ OF THIS ACADEMY WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ PIIS PATRIAE SERVATORIBUS/ SERVATI/ MEMORES DONO DEDICAVERUNT BOTTOM CENTRE PLAQUE: 1939 1945/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ THESE WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ (NAMES) LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDE BOTTOM PLAQUES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, James M
Biggar, Bertie
Black, J Desmond
Brown, Douglas
Brown, John
Brown, Thomas
Burns, Angus J
Caldow, James
Campbell, Hugh
Clark, David D
See details for all 66 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaques
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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