Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Irongray
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69576
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Current location
Irongray Church
minor road from the A76 at Newbridge to Dunscore
on the south bank of Cluden Water
Irongray
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 0YJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 91512 79570
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Decorative latin cross set on a tapering shaft,plinth, and base with the dedication and names in black lettering on the 6o'clock face. There is a small carved wreath at the foot of the top of the plinth and a carved sword on the front of the shaft.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ ALSO/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ (Name)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Connell, William
Currie, William
Esdaile, William
Fair, John
Gibson, James
Grierson, James
Johnstone, William
Marshall, Robert
Mccormick, David
Mcgill, Alexander
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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