Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Dumbarton
- Town
- Renton
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Boddy and Dempster (Architect)
MESSRS THAW & CAMPBELL (Builder)
Messrs Parata Ltd (Founder / Foundry) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 3 September 1922
Attended by: Major George H Christie DSO of Lavenfield, Alexandria
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11414
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Current location
Renton Primary School
Main Street
Renton
Dumbarton
Strathclyde
G82 4NA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 387 786
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Howgate
Renton
Dumbarton
Strathclyde
G82
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 380 780
Denomination: Undefined
- Howgate
- Description
- Obelisk with cross and inscription engraved on front, with names written in gold on grey tablets set into base.
- Inscription
- TO/ THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO DIED IN/ TWO WORLD WARS/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 159
Served and returned: 0
Died: 158
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, forenames, decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 9
Died: 55
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cullaloe - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cullaloe - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Memorial
Measurements: height 7.5m
Materials: Stone - Cullaloe - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze, Enamel
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Renton
- WMO ID: 146049
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 01-07-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Stolen bronze plaques were replaced by stone tablets.
- Costs
Site: Free
Memorial: £700- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=646&mforum=warmemscot (includes a full transcription)
- The Glasgow Herald 4 September 1922
- The Lennox Herald 9 September 1922.
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