Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Stewartry
- Town
- Balmaclellan
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5865
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Current location
in layby at east end of the village
A712
Balmaclellan
Stewartry
Dumfries And Galloway
DG7 3QF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 65501 79159
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk on plinth with two-stepped base and adjoining hard standing
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE MEMORY OF/ BRAVE MEN OF BALMACLELLAN/ WHO FELL DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "THEY FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT" 3 and 12 o'clock faces: (Names) 9 o'clock face: IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ 6 MAY 1945/WHO FELL IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baird, R H
Bell, Geo.
Brown, J
Buck, G H
Campbell, A
Campbell, W
Corrie, R
Corrie, T W
Dalziel, S
Dunbar, W
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials of forenames, date of death, surname
Order of information: date of death - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials of forenames, surname, regiment, date of death,
Order of information: date of death
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Balmaclellan WWI and WWII
- WMO ID: 165408
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-08-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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