Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Banff And Buchan
- Town
- Whitehills
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th December 1927
Attended by: Captain David MacKenzie, M.C., Rector of Fordyce Academy - Dedicated
Date: 11th December 1927
Attended by: Rev. W. G. Laing, Boyndie U.F. Church - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8675
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Current location
Seafield Street (B9121)
Whitehills
Banff And Buchan
Grampian
AB45 2NA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 65556 65098
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White granite truncated obelisk on three-stepped base. Inset on alternate sides are cast bronze panels. one depicting a soldier holding a rifle and the other a sailor holding a telescope. Leaded lettering.
- Inscription
- Face 1: TO THE/ GREATER GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF /THE MEN OF THE/ PARISH OF BOYNDIE/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1914 - 1918/ Face 3: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, George C
Allison, Victor
Barbour, Robert
Barron, Alex. R
Benzie, Robert
Buchan, Robert
Chisholm, Jas.
Creen, Herbert J
Cruickshank, James
Enwright, Charles
See details for all 51 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service
Order of information: Surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Tablets
- Condition
- Parish of Boyndie
- WMO ID: 216838
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-10-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Banff & Buchan Council
- Reference
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 12 December 1927 BOYNDIE ROLL OF HONOUR. Memorial Unveiled. GORDON OFFICER ON SPIRIT OF MEN.
- Scottish War Memorials Project www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=28732&mforum=warmemscot#28732
- The Scotsman - Wednesday 14 December 1927 A NORTHERN MEMORIAL. - Unveiling of the War Memorial at Boyndie, Whitehills, the last erected in Banffshire.
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 13 December 1927 BOYNDIE'S WAR MEMORIAL
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 12 December 1927 NEWS SUMMARY. Local and District.
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