Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Stewartry
- Town
- Parton
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71820
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Current location
outside the church
roadside
Parton Parish Church
A713
Parton
Stewartry
Dumfries And Galloway
DG7 3NE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 69692 69911
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Granite Obelisk surmounting a plinth (where the dedication and names are) and a 3 stage base, the whole on a platform raised 3 steps from road level
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face-ERECTED BY THE/PARISHIONERS OF PARTON/IN MEMORY OF THOSE/WHO FELL IN THE WAR/1914-1919//"WE OWE MORE TEARS TO THESE/DEAD MEN THAN TIME SHALL SEE/US PAY" 3 o'clock & 9 o'clock faces-[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, Geo.
Boyd, [p]
Clanahan, M
Davidson, A B
Gracie, T
Hannah, James
Hunter, W
Moffat, A S W
Morrison, A M
Rennie, Hugh
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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