Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Banff And Buchan
- Town
- Rosehearty
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57200
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Current location
Pitsligo Parish Church
Rosehearty
Banff And Buchan
Grampian
AB43 7JJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 93438 66285
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Wooden Board, divided into 3 panels- the first two for the Army, the third for the Navy. Across the bottom the Rosehearty Mine Explosion is commemorated
- Inscription
- Across the top- PARISH OF PITSLIGO/1914-1919//DIED FOR KING & COUNTRY/SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ Panel 1-[names]/ARMY Panel 2-[names]/ARMY Panel 3-[names]/NAVY Across the Bottom-PERISHED IN MINE DISASTER AT ROSEHEARTY 10 JAN 1918/[names in 3 columns] PERISHED IN MINE DISASTER AT ROSEHEARTY 1918/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, David
Anderson, Duncan
Beedie, George
Bell, Joseph
Birnie, William
Buchan, Alexander D
Buchan, William G
Catto, Jack
Chalmers, John
Clark, Adam
See details for all 85 names - Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, place of death, forenames, manner of death
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 77
Served and returned: 0
Died: 77
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, service
Order of information: service THEN surname
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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