Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Annan
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44092
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Current location
In the library
Annan Academy
St Johns Road
Annan
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG12 6AP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 19462 66294
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Triangular headed beaten copper plaque mounted on a wooden backboard with inscription in relief. Annan Academy crest at the bottom centre of the plaque
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ANNAN ACADEMY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, John
Brown, Gavin
Caldwell, James Y
Caldwell, Lawrence
Cowan, Donald
Cox, James N
Douglas, Archibald
Halliday, Bernard Mn
Henderson, William
Hislop, John P
See details for all 51 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 51
Served and returned: 0
Died: 51
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
- Backboard
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
- Reference
- In 2002 the Academy pupils undertook a project to research and document the names on the board. The result was the publication of a 106 page A4 booklet titled 'Annan Academy War Memorial, Beyond the Names'.
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4639
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