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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Unidentified
- District
- Hamilton
- Town
- Blantyre
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 86513
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Current location
29
Blantyre Bowling Club
Stonefield Road
Blantyre
Hamilton
Strathclyde
G72 9SA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 68407 57275
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- From the photograph provided it is hard to be sure- but it is appears to be a painting of a marble tablet set within a stone arch
- Inscription
- BLANTYRE BOWLING CLUB /ROLL OF HONOUR /VINCIT AMOR PATRIAE [ translates as-Love of Country Conquers All] /1914 – 1919/ TO COMMEMORATE THOSE OF OUR MEMBERS /WHO ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRYS CALL IN /THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR /NAMES/[names of the served and returned in 2 columns]/KILLED /[names]/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT /A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davidson, James
Douglas, George
Maxwell, John D
Ritchie, James
Sim, John
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 21
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: the served by surname THEN the fallen by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Unknown
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Unknown
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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