Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Inverclyde
Town
Wemyss Bay
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
Burnet, Son and Dick (Designer)
Burnet, Son and Dick (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 25 June 1922
    Attended by: Marquis of Graham
  • Dedicated
    Date: 25 June 1922
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
54012

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Current location

The memorial is located beside Wemyss Bay Ferry Terminal and Rail Station.
A78
Wemyss Bay
Inverclyde
Strathclyde
PA18 6AR
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 19359 68493
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Celtic cross with large stone base on which the main dedication is inscribed. In both directions from the base of the cross spreads a semicircular stepped stone wall on which the names from both wars are inscribed. In front of the wall is a stone step/seat that mirrors the shape of the wall. Above the main dedication is a carved laurel wreath. At the end of the wall are carved the four years of the wars with the numbers entwined.
Inscription
BASE OF CROSS: TO THE MEN OF SKELMORLIE AND WEMYSS BAY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918 - 1939-1945 WALL LEFT STONE: 1914-1918/ (NAMES) WALL RIGHT STONE: 1914-1918/ (NAMES) WALL FAR LEFT STONE: 1939-1945/ (NAMES) WALL FAR RIGHT STONE: 1939-1945/ (NAMES) STEP: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brown, Charles D
Campbell, Stuart
Currie, Oliver
Dickson, Alexander
Dickson, Neil
Dickson, William
Dodds, Peter L
Dowds, Henry
Dunn, Herbert
Dunnachie, Roderick J
See details for all 44 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 29
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 29
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
    Order of information: surname,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Cullaloe
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Cullaloe
  • Seat
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Cullaloe
  • Memorial
    Measurements: depth 3000mm, height c 6500mm, width 9000mm
    Materials: Stone - Cullaloe
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Inverclyde Council
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=909&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Scotsman - Monday 26 June 1922 -SKELMORLIE AND WEMYSS BAY. — The Marquis of Graham yesterday afternoon unveiled a war memorial which has been erected in the parish of Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay on a site on the Kelly Estate. In his address, the Marquis said some people were tempted to say, and perhaps a little thoughtlessly, that there were too many memorials , that honouring the fallen dead was being overdone — as if it could ever really be overdone. We should be proud of our nationality, of our British birth, and we should honour and for ever respect the names of the brave men who had served us so well . The memorial, which takes the form of a Celtic Cross , contains 29 names.
  • Largs and Millport Weekly News 1 July 1922

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