Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North East Fife
- Town
- Pittenweem
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5766
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Current location
Parish Church
Kirkgate
Pittenweem
North East Fife
Fife
KY10 2LF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 548 028
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- A red sandstone celtic cross with wheel-head and celtic knotwork patterns carved in shallow relief on the face, and with a bronze wreath encircling the centre of the cross head. The cross stands on a wide grey freestone pedestal with sides faced with rustic grey blocks. The commemoration and names of the dead are carved in the dressed faces of the pedestal
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN THE MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS BURGH WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / (NAMES) / REMEMBER ALSO THE MEN OF THIS BURGH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, John H M
Adamson, David
Adamson, William
Aitken, Joseph
Anderson, James
Anderson, Thomas
Barnett, George
Bisset, Alex
Bissett, Thomas
Bonner, George
See details for all 78 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service, rank, forename, surname
Order of information: service THEN surname THEN forename - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 52
Served and returned: 0
Died: 52
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service, rank, forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Condition
- Pittenweem
- WMO ID: 161556
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church
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