
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Johnstone Bridge
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- FERGUS J CURRIE (Sculptor)
HOPE AND CURRIE (Builder)
FERGUS J CURRIE (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: LORD LIEUTENANT OF DUMFRIESSHIRE - Dedicated
Date: 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44157
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Current location
Johnstone New Graveyard
monr road on west bank of River Annan
Johnstone Bridge
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG11 1ER
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 09781 91193
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Four stepped base surmounted by a square pedestal and female figure. Inscription on plain rectangular stone tablets placed around the pedestal. A kneeling, cloth draped female figure of "Peace" surmounts the memorial, modelled on the sculptor's wife- Dorothy Currie
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE:TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF JOHNSTONE/ PARISH WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ "FAITHFUL TILL DEATH" 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, James
Byers, Robert J
Cowan, Joseph J
Deacon, Robert
Dundas, J S
Dunlop, Alexander
Edgar, William
Houston, R R
Mcnish, George
Mcnish, Walter
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, service, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 910MM, height 4570MM, width 910MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
- Reference
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