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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Arch
- District
- Clydesdale
- Town
- Lesmahagow
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 Apr 1922
Attended by: RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL OF HOME - Dedicated
Date: 22 Apr 1922
Attended by: THE MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF SCOTLAND - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11375
Current location
Lesmahagow Cemetery
Strathaven Road
Lesmahagow
Clydesdale
Strathclyde
ML11 0DN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 810 390
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone arch with wooden gate and WW1 names listed on two wooden panels on either side of the interior. Stone cross on top of roof. There is a stone dedication tablet at top centre of the arch and on either side of the arch on the back of the arch, inside the cemetery are bronze plaques for the WW2 names. The memorial covers Lesmahagow, Coalburn, Blackwood and Kirkfieldbank. The images of the WW2 plaques are not good enough to read.
- Inscription
- (above entrance) TO THE/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 + 1918 (each of two boards inside arch) THE ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 1919/ (names in 3 columns)/SERVANTS OF GOD/ WELL DONE (each of 2 plaques) 1939-1945/ROLL OF/HONOUR/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, James
Adamson, John
Aird, James
Anderson, John
Arneil, Thomas S
Baillie, John
Baird, Hugh
Baxter, Andrew
Baxter, Thomas
Beattie, William
See details for all 146 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 146
Served and returned: 0
Died: 146
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, home town
Order of information: home town THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 84
Served and returned: 0
Died: 84
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, home town
Order of information: home town THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Arch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Arch
- Condition
- Lesmahagow
- WMO ID: 148585
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 23-01-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- South Lanarkshire council
- Reference
- [Lots of images]- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=586&sid=c5a1e1a9f36219812869b45d48095557&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
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