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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Caithness
- Town
- Dunnet
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Before 30th September 1921
Attended by: Major Manson, T.D., Thurso
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5945
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Current location
Just west of the entrance
Dunnet New Burial Ground (just east of Corsback)
On the South side of the A836
Dunnet
Caithness
Highland
KW14 8XP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: ND 24507 72068
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic style cross on a tall shaft, a tapered plinth and a 3 step base, all in a walled area which is topped by railings
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF DUNNET, WHO/FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/[names]/1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Banks, Don.
Banks, John J M
Banks, Robt.
Budge, Don.
Calder, Geo.
Calder, George S
Calder, John
Calder, Thos.
Calder, William
Coghill, Jas.
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, service, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Base
- Condition
- Dunnet
- WMO ID: 193811
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-01-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Daily Record - Friday 30 September 1921 NEWS IN BRIEF. POINTS FROM ALL PARTS OF SCOTLAND. Dunnet (Caithness) war memorial, containing 31 names, has been unveiled by Major Manson, T.D., Thurso
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