Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Hightae
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MR ALEXANDER CARRICK RSA RBS (Sculptor)
WILLIAM DAVIDSON (Architect) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th June 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44153
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Current location
Roadside centre of village
Hightae
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 09363 78854
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square column with buttresses with heavily moulded bases on either side. The whole surmounted by cornice and rounded drum top. Carved crown at the top of column and wreath with crossed sword and rifle at the base. Stone tablet for each war.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THE/ ROYAL FOUR TOWNS/ WHO SERVED/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THE FALLEN HEROES/ (NAMES)/ AND OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Cameron, D
Campbell, R
Currie, J
Dalgleish, R
Davidson, M C
Haugh, R
Henderson, D I
Henderson, J H
Houston, R
Kerr, W I
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Column
- Condition
- History
- 1998: SOME OF THE INSCRIPTION IS HARD TO READ
- Costs
Site: FREE
Memorial: C £260 0S 0D- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=903
- ANNANDALE HERALD AND MOFFAT NEWS- 03 JUL 1919
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