Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
Cumnock And Doon Valley
Town
Catrine
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5971

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Current location

On top of a hill
Chapel Brae
Catrine
Cumnock And Doon Valley
Strathclyde
KA5 6RL
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 53057 26037
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Tall Stone Obelisk
Inscription
6 o'clock face-Erected/in/PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/OF THE MEN/OF CATRINE AND DISTRICT/WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/For Britain's weal they died/Their names immortal rise/Resplendent with honour,/Great in love, Supreme in sacrifice Other faces- [names] GREAT WORLD WAR-1939-45/[names in 2 columns]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aitken, William
Anderson, William
Barclay, David M
Barrie, William J
Bell, John
Bell, John B G
Biggar, William
Blackley, Walter
Blane, William
Boan, Thomas
See details for all 83 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 63
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 63
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
    Order of information: regiment THEN surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2450&mforum=warmemscot
  • 27 November 2018- CWGC NON-COMMEMORATION- Thomas Patterson, Royal Scots Fusiliers (52532) is listed on the Gatehouse and Catrine war memorials. Service and Pension records have not survived. Leg amputated below knee (Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser 18 Oct 1918 – note that this is prior to discharge). He was discharged with SWB on 4 Jun 1919. He died on 23 Apr 1920 in Kilmarnock Infirmary of Amyloid disease and Uraemia following leg wound with sepsis (leg amputated some months before). Forwarded to IFCP for consideration/advice on further action.

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