Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Ettrick And Lauderdale
Town
Stow
County
Borders
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44097

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Current location

Junction of Galashiels Road and Station Street
Stow
Ettrick And Lauderdale
Borders
TD1 2QX
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 45905 44622
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Red Granite Plain Celtic cross on tapered plinth and base with separate stone at Base (with an addition stone) for WW2
Inscription
IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM/ STOW PARISH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Affleck, Robt.
Aitchison, Geo.
Allan, Robert
Anderson, Andw.
Anderson, John
Anderson, Peter
Bell, Alexr.
Brown, A B
Brown, Adam Thorburn
Brown, B Thorburn
See details for all 61 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 46
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 46
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 16
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 16
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: depth 290mm, height c2900mm, width 520mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
  • Base
    Measurements: depth 1110mm, height 150mm, width 1510mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth 700-580mm, height 1920mm, width 1060-900mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: depth 50mm, height 710mm, width 1020mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 50mm, height 150mm, width 1070mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=443&mforum=warmemscot
  • CWGC Non-Commemoration- Walter Dodds Linton – age 27 – Trooper (3245) Reserve Household Battalion, Life Guards. Walter was a booking clerk with the North British Railway Company at Waverley Station in Edinburgh when he enlisted in July 1917. He was at Windsor when he became ill and he was in the Cavalry Hospital Detention Rooms when he drowned while taking a bath. Born 1890 at Cathaugh in Kirkhope, Selkirkshire. Son of David and Margaret (Dodds) Linton of Spences's Buildings, Stow, Midlothian. Died on Service on 19 December 1917. Burial place as yet not known. He is named on the Ettrickbridge War Memorial in Kirkhope Parish Church and on the Stow War Memorial. There are still questions about the circumstances of his death.

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