Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wigtown
- Town
- Isle of Whithorn
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), First World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Beside the Bowling Green
B7004
Isle of Whithorn
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 8LB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 47491 36596
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic style wheel cross on square plinth and three stepped base
- Inscription
- (NAMES)/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGE AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "LEST WE FORGET"/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bie, Nathan
Cain, Alexander
Cain, Daniel
Crawley, Randolph
Hannah, James
Johnston, Robert
Maguire, Martin
Mccubbin, John
Mcguire, John
Mclure, James A
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename, surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- Isle of Whithorn
- WMO ID: 182882
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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