Memorial details

Memorial type
Cairn
District
Moray
Town
Pluscarden
County
Grampian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 27 March 1920
    Attended by: Mrs. P.C. Oswald of Wester Elchies
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76650

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Current location

To the right of the entrance gate to the churchyard - see picture
Parish of Birnie and Pluscarden Church
Unnamed road
Pluscarden
Moray
Grampian
IV30 3UA
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 14902 57291
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Rustic cairn of large roughly hewn boulders. The commemoration and names of the dead are listed in gold lettering on a black marble tablet set into the front. There is also a simple plaque on the wall at the side of the path to the church (WMR reference: 78567)
Inscription
THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE / OF PLUSCARDEN IN APPRECIATIVE AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE / KILLED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919 / (Names) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A / MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Chisholm, Peter A.
Chisholm, William F.
Garden, James
Grant, John A.
Kay, James
Kynoch, William
Munro, James
Ogilvie, Alexander
Petrie, Frank
Phimister, Eric
See details for all 11 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, decorations, regiment
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cairn
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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