Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Stracathro, near Brechin
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Chas. Davidson & Sons of Brechin (Designer)
Chas. Davidson & Sons of Brechin (Mason) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 August 1920
Attended by: Mrs Hugh Campbell
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57867
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Current location
Stracathro Church
Stracathro
near Brechin
Angus
Tayside
DD9 7PY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 61744 65752
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Celtic cross set on a tapering plinth and square base. Dedication on shaft and names on plinth in black lettering. Celtic knotwork carved on the head, arms and upper shaft of the cross.
- Inscription
- Front face on Cross Shaft: IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ BELONGING TO/ THE PARISH/ OF STRACATHRO/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 On the plinth- (Names) On the Base- FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FREEDOM. Second face: (Names)/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 45.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, George L
Cowie, Frederick
Cowie, William
Findlay, Martin
Hendry, George
King, James
Milne, John
Morrison, James P
Murray, James
Traill, Ian C
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Rubislaw - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Rubislaw - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Rubislaw
- Cross
- Condition
- Stracathro Parish
- WMO ID: 251347
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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