Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Banff And Buchan
- Town
- Auchterless
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Messrs Garden & Co (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 June 1920
Attended by: Mr Duff (of Hatton)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8554
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Current location
Auchterless Parish Churchyard
B992
Auchterless
Banff And Buchan
Grampian
AB53 8BG
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 71323 41583
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Rough hewn monolith on octagonal plinth and 2 stepped base with recessed name tablets on the plinth bearing inscriptions in black lettering.
- Inscription
- Monolith: IN/ MEMORY/ 1914/ 1919 Tablets: (Names)/ 1939 1945 / (Names) Upper step: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, James
Barber, Lewis
Bremmer, John S
Connon, George
Corsar, John A
Crighton, Peter
Cruickshank, James R
Duff, Beauchamp P
Duffus, George
Duncan, Alexander
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height 4000 mm
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay
- Pillar
- Condition
- Auchterless
- WMO ID: 199117
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-10-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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