Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Nithsdale
Town
Lochfoot, near Dumfries
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71725

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Current location

Lochrutton Church (disused)
at the end of a rough track off the Cargenbridge to Lochfoot road
Lochfoot
near Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 8NH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 91248 73557
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Marble Tablet with a supplementary marble tablet for WW2 below
Inscription
PRO PATRIA/ERECTED/BY THE PARISHIONERS OF LOCHRUTTON/TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF/THOSE BELONGING TO THIS PARISH WHO FELL/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/[names]/"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR/1939-1945/[names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Carson, Thomas
Esdaile, William
Gibson, James
Halliday, John
Jardine, John
Mccobbing, William
Mcculloch, A C
Mcwhirter, Wm.
Mitchell, William
Muir, James
See details for all 13 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, age
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
History
The church closed around 2005 and has not been weathertight since 2007. Attempts to move the memorial have foundered, hence why this external memorial is marked as 'At Risk'
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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