Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- West Lothian
- Town
- Bathgate
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1925
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5642
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Current location
Located in a square next to St John's Parish Church
Mid Street
Bathgate
West Lothian
Lothian
EH48 1QD
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 97648 68780
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- On top of a hill near a housing estate
Bathgate
West Lothian
Lothian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- On top of a hill near a housing estate
- Description
- Obelisk on stone base with Bathgate burgh coat of arms encircled by laurel wreath. Two bronze panels with names of the fallen are on either side of the memorial. Five large metal posts of differing height detailing the war's commemorated- these were added in 1995 when the memorial was relocated.
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ BATHGATE/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ 12 O'CLOCK FACE: THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ (Names) 9 O'CLOCK FACE: ALSO IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF BATHGATE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Posts- 1. V/E/V/J/1995 2. 1/9/1/4/1/9/1/8 3. + 4.1/9/3/9/1/9/4/5 5.K/O/R/E/A/N/W/A/R
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, T
Aitken, J
Aitken, J
Aitken, M
Aitken, P
Anderson, D
Anderson, J C
Anthony, A H
Anthony, J
Anthony, J
See details for all 314 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 258
Served and returned: 0
Died: 258
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials of forenames surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 0
Died: 55
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials of forenames, surname, rank, unit, decorations
Order of information: surname - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials of forenames, surname, rank, regiment, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Bathgate War Memorial
- WMO ID: 139587
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 23-01-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- SEE CUTTINGS FOR DETAILS OF THE MOVE
- Costs
Site: Free
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2766&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
- The Scotsman 9 May 1995
- Scottish Legion News Issue 52 December 1995 Published:Royal British Legion Scotland
- www.wlfhs.org.uk/index.php/war-memorials/bathgate-war-memorial/ [which omits to mention the Korean war casualty]
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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