Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Roxburgh
- Town
- Clintmains, about 2 miles east of St Boswells
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: January 1921
Attended by: Lord Ellesmere
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78890
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Current location
Mertoun Cemetery
B6356
just west of Clintmains
Clintmains
about 2 miles east of St Boswells
Roxburgh
Borders
TD6 0DY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 61050 32416
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tapered Pointed Obelisk on Plinth and 2 stage base
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face-TO/THE MEMORY OF THE/MEN FROM/MERTOUN PARISH/WHO FELL IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 Other 3 faces- [names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitchison, W
Blackadder, J
Blackadder, W
Dickson, R
Dodds, G
Falconer, J
Gibb, W
Hamilton, J M
Marshall, J
Mccall, P
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: regiment THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Parish of Mertoun Obelisk
- WMO ID: 260745
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1106&mforum=warmemscot
- The Scotsman - Thursday, 13th January 1921, page 5 WAR MEMORIALS MERTOUN. - Lord Henry Scott presided at the unveiling of the Mertoun War Memorial. In the absence of Lady Ellesmere, the ceremony was performed by Lord Ellesmere.
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