Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Lunan
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 November 1921
Attended by: Mrs Stansfield of Dunninald, widow of Colonel J. R. E. Stansfield, D.S.O., Gordon Highlanders. - Rededicated
Date: 19 May 1946
Attended by: Rev. T. Alexander, Parish Minister - Unveiled
Date: 19 May 1946
Attended by: Mrs Blair Imrie of Lunan - Dedicated
Date: 6th November 1921
Attended by: Rev. P. C. Cox, parish minister - Show More (3)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Church now closed up and no longer used. Windows filled in but building still standing.
Parish Church
Lunan
Angus
Tayside
DD11 5ST
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 68710 51550
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, plinth, and two stepped base. The dedication is at the foot of the shaft with the names on the faces of the plinth.
- Inscription
- 6o'clock face: IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE 'OLD BOYS' OF/ LUNAN SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR./ 1914-1918/ (Names) 12o'clock face: IN MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF LUNAN/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-45/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, Thomas
Arbuthnott, Andrew
Brown, James
Henery, Arthur W
Hogg, David S
Hogg, George E
Imrie, Hew Blair
Jolly, John
Macaulay, David
Macaulay, George
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, home village
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, home village
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- 'Old Boys' of Lunan school - men of Lunan
- WMO ID: 251186
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 16-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Angus Council
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2639&mforum=warmemscot
- Dundee Courier - Monday 20 May 1946 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19460520/066/0003 LUNAN WAR MEMORIAL REDEDICATED
- Montrose Standard - Friday 11 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002751/19211111/065/0007 LUNAN SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED
- Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs - Friday 11 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000475/19211111/067/0006 Lunan School War Memorial.
- Dundee Courier - Monday 07 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19211107/034/0003 LUNAN SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL Bears the Names of Thirteen Old Boys.
- Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs - Friday 04 November 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000475/19211104/058/0007 Parish Memorial Unveiling.
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