Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71576
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Current location
Laurieknowe Primary School
School Lane
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 7AJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 96455 76025
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two brass plaques on individual backboards-1 for each conflict. On 8 August 2018 the government paving stone for Lieutenant James Tait was added to this memorial.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/FORMER PUPILS OF LAURIEKNOWE SCHOOL/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1919/[names in 3 columns] IN MEMORY OF THOSE PUPILS OF MAXWELLTOWN SCHOOL/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armour, Rm
Austin, Wwa
Beattie, J
Beattie, L
Bell, Jh
Blacklock, W
Bland, W
Brown, Ja
Callender, S
Cameron, A
See details for all 75 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 75
Served and returned: 0
Died: 75
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: surname - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, 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
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- First World War memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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