Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Midlothian
Town
Penicuik
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 May 1921
    Attended by:
  • Rededicated
    Date: 1933
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44693

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Current location

Penicuik Public Park
Jackson Street Entrance
Penicuik
Midlothian
Lothian
EH26 9BJ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 23318 60267
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • High Street
    Penicuik
    Midlothian
    Lothian
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
PAVED BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE DOUBLE PLINTH, TAPERING SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION CARVED ONTO THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF THE PLINTH AND NAMES PLACED ON BRONZE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE OTHER SIDES OF THE PLINTH. There is an additional plaque for a WW1 casualty, which was added in the late 20th century-Private Charles Lough of the HLI. The memorial is set in its own small garden surrounded by a beech hedge, four cypress trees and a low granite wall with ornamental iron rails and a gate
Inscription
6 O'CLOCK FACE: Top Step-THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE Pedestal- TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND/ IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ FROM PENICUIK/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ AND THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 Plaques on other faces: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abernethy, J D
Adkin, W
Ainslie, W
Aitken, F
Allan, H W
Allan, T
Anderson, G C
Atkinson, L
Bailey, J R
Ballantyne, D
See details for all 223 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 170
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 170
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
    Order of information: rank THEN surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 53
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 53
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service, decorations
    Order of information: rank THEN surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Creetown
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Hedge
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Tree
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Fence/ Railing
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
  • Gate
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Creetown
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Creetown
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Creetown
Condition
History
In 2008 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £3,997 towards cleaning the stonework and the bronze plaques, re-patinating the latter where necessary, raking out and repointing with lime mortar failing joints and unsuitable grouting, repairing the stone where necessary, replacing a missing fixing on a plaque and applying protective chemical coatings to the memorial.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • War Memorials Trust WM2328 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=442 . Accessed 25 March 2021
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1635&mforum=warmemscot . Accessed 25 March 2021

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