Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Clydesdale
- Town
- Douglas
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54203
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Current location
Douglas Cemetery
Douglas
Clydesdale
Strathclyde
ML11 0SA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 83133 29985
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic Cross depicting the Crucifixion and the tree of life, on Plinth and stepped base. Covers the communities of - Crawfordjohn, Douglas, Douglas West, Douglas Water and Glespin
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF THE/GALLANT DEAD/FROM DOUGLASDALE/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/1914-1919 1939-1945/THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED/BY CHARLES ALEXANDER/XII EARL OF HOME AND/MARIA HIS WIFE/JESU MERCY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Archibald, John
Bannantyne, Hugh
Barbour, Robert
Black, William
Blackwood, John
Blackwood, Thomas
Brown, James
Brown, Peter
Bruce, Andrew
Bruce, Duncan C
See details for all 97 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service, home village
Order of information: home town THEN surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 67
Served and returned: 0
Died: 67
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations, home village
Order of information: home village THEN surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service, home village
Order of information: home village THEN surname - Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, home village, year of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Base
- Condition
- DOUGLAS WAR MEMORIAL
- WMO ID: 163510
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-07-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=546&mforum=warmemscot
- In Gateside Cemetery there is a gravestone for a Polish soldier- Edward Malczec of the 10th Polish Regiment, died in the service of his country [22 September] 1940
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