Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Kincardine And Deeside
Town
Banchory
County
Grampian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78725

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Current location

Take the pathway between the entrance drive and the river from the car park towards Dee Street. The memorial is at the end of the pathway.
Banchory Lodge Hotel
Dee Street
Banchory
Kincardine And Deeside
Grampian
AB31 5HS
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 70279 95446
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Celtic style cross on a short shaft, a tapered plinth and a wide base. (Another writer suggests there are also names on reverse.)
Inscription
Around the Cross-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE HEROIC DEAD In the Centre of the Cross-1914/WHO FOUGHT AND FELL/FOR KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1918 On the Shaft-I HAVE FINISHED/MY COURSE/[names]/"GOD HATH PROVIDED/SOME BETTER THING/FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/A CROWN OF LIFE" On the Plinth-ALL THESE WENT 1914-1915/FROM THE SERVICE OF/MISS BURNETT RAMSAY/AT BANCHORY LODGE AND RIVERSTON/WHO ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL/A CROWN OF GLORY THAT HIDETH NOT AWAY On the Base-THIS MEMORIAL WAS PREPARED/AND RE-ERECTED BY/DUGALD AND MARGARET JAFFRAY RIVERSTON/TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS AS PROPRIETORS OF/THE BANCHORY LODGE HOTEL/1966-1991
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Auld, Robert
Brown, Alec.
Cuthbert, Maclaren
Douglas, Geo.
Urquhart, Alexander
See details for all 5 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, regiment
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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