Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Kinfauns
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 4 December 1920
    Attended by: General Sir Francis Davies JCB
  • Dedicated
    Date: 4 December 1920
    Attended by: Revd R S Davidson, Parish Minister
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44767

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Current location

outside the ruined Kinfauns Parish Church
minor road to the east of the A90
Kinfauns
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH2 7LD
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 16705 22234
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Tall, tapering sandstone column, on a short plinth and a 3 stage base
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN FROM THIS/DISTRICT WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/[names]/1939-1945/[names]
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Barclay, Robt.
Blackley, Allan
Blackley, Wm.
Cumming, Chas.
Dempster, Geo.
Drummond-hay, A
Evans, Gilbert
Fatquharson, Alex.
Geekie, Jas.
Innes, Robt.
See details for all 26 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 24
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 24
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initial of forename, rank, regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Column
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Condition
History
28th July 2018 Condition report on War Memorials online states "Weathered, dirty, letters deteriorating. Access steps poor condition, loose joint and unsafe condition. Surrounding area has grass cut but needs to be navigated with care." The Scottish War Memorials group state this process had started by 2007 and the lettering was barely legible by 2015.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • PERTHSHIRE ADVERTISER: 08.12.1920 KINFAUNS HONOURS ITS DEAD UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL Never before in the annals of the Parish of Kinfauns had a more impressive or inspiring ceremonial been witnesses than that which took place, in presence of a large concourse of people, on Saturday afternoon, when the monument to their fallen heroes was unveiled. The memorial is simple but chaste in its design, and the site chosen is altogether admirable (and here a word of praise is due to Mr Thomas Blackley, Seggieden, who superinteded the construction of the surrounding terrace), commanding as it does the opening estuary of the ample Tay, while as a fitting background stand out the beautiful wooded hills. Surely here nature conspired to lend her tribute to the glorious dead. The assembled company was not only large but thoroughly representative. many relatives of the departed came - some a long distance - to acknowledge the honour paid to their loved ones; ex-Servicemen came to pay their last respects to their fallen comrades; and from all parts of the parish came young and old eager to pay their common homage. The order of service left nothing to be desired. Decorum and solemnity characterised the whole of it. The historical old paraphrases selected for singing were such as appealed to the Scottish mind and heart, awakening the old and hallowed memories of many sacred occasions of the past, In introducing General Sir Francis Davies, K.C.B., who unveiled the monument, Colonel Drummond Hay, the chairman of the committee, made an appropriate and eloquent reference to the heartiness of the response to the call to arms made by the young men of the district and their distinguished bravery on the field of battle. Equally well chosen and touching were the words of the general in his picture of the devastation of the Somme and the ruins of Thiepval. In his closing words he expressed the hope that the monument just unveiled would stand for all time as an inspiration for generations yet to come. An added pathos was given to the proceedings by the playing of 'The Flowers of the Forest' and the sounding of the 'Last Post'. Rev. R.S. Davidson, minister of the parish, offered the dedication prayer, and after the benediction was pronounced and the National Anthem sung, many beautiful wreaths were reverently placed at the base of the monument. So passed the great and solemn occasion, the memory of which will last through all the years.

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