Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Berwickshire
- Town
- Duns
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54102
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Current location
Town Park
Duns
Berwickshire
Borders
TD11 3HP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 78666 53649
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk on base and steps.
- Inscription
- OBELISK SIX O'CLOCK: THIS MEMORIAL IS RAISED BY THE/ BURGH AND PARISH OF DUNS/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HEARD/ THEIR COUNTRY'S SUMMONS IN HER/ HOUR OF NEED AND AFTER THE OLD/ BORDER FASHION COUNTED NOT THE/ COST OF DEFENDING HER LIBERTY/ IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR 1914-1918./ LET THEIR NAMES BE FOR EVER/ HELD IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE AND/ THEIR EXAMPLE BE A GUIDING STAR/ FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. NINE, TWELVE AND THREE O'CLOCK: (NAMES) BLOCK SIX O'CLOCK: LET ALSO BE HELD IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE/ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945./ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Airlie, John
Aitchison, George J
Allan, William W
Anderson, Alexander
Anderson, H
Bailey, George H
Bailie, D M H
Bedworth, G
Blaikie, W F
Burnett, David
See details for all 107 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank
Order of information: rank THEN surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 85
Served and returned: 0
Died: 85
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames, decorations
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Second World War memorial
- Condition
- DUNS
- WMO ID: 152459
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=922&highlight=&mforum=warmemscot
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