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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Clydesdale
- Town
- Carluke
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 June 1920
Attended by: Mrs W. Stewart and Mrs M. Murray, who both lost sons
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64266
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Current location
St Luke's Old Churchyard
Carnwath Road
Carluke
Clydesdale
Strathclyde
ML8 4DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 84897 50523
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Decorated pillar with Celtic cross at the top, on pedestal and base. Relief sculpture of wreath and crossed swords on shaft. Inscriptions on pedestal. This is one of 2 Civic Memorials for the town- see our reference 5713 for the Market Cross Memorial
- Inscription
- (6 o'clock face): (at base of the pillar) ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ "ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE" (on the pedestal) 1914-1918/ (Names) (on the base) ERECTED BY THE RELATIVES/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE WAR. (Two other faces): (Names) (Other face on pedestal): (Names) (on the base) YOUR LOT, THE GLORIOUS PRICE TO PAY:/ OURS, TO RECORD WITH GRATEFUL PRIDE/ THAT FREEDOM LIVES ON EARTH TODAY,/ BECAUSE YOU DIED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agnew, George S
Aitken, David
Allan, Edward
Anderson, James
Arnott, Robert
Auld, William
Bankier, C H
Bell, William S
Boyd, Robert
Boyd, William
See details for all 181 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 181
Served and returned: 0
Died: 181
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forename, decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Creetown - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Creetown - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Creetown - Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Creetown
- Base
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Glasgow Herald 28 June 1920 -"A memorial was unveiled in Carluke churchyard on saturday to the memory of the men of the parish who fell in the war. The monument, which is of Creetown granite, was subscribed for by the relatives of the fallen, and occupies a central position in the churchyard. An address was given by the Rev F.M. Hauxwell, minister of the parish, who paid a tribute to the dead heroes. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Mrs W. Stewart and Mrs M. Murray, who both lost sons."
- Scottish War Memorials Project warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8133&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Book in 2 volumes- 'Carluke Parish & the Great War' published 2017 by Carluke Parish Council, reported to be out of print February 2019, but reprints due
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