Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- City Of Aberdeen
- Town
- Aberdeen
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 15 October 1951
Attended by: Relatives and Friends of the Fallen
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55158
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Current location
MacRobert Hall
Robert Gordon's College
Schoolhill
Aberdeen
City Of Aberdeen
Grampian
AB10 1FE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 93880 06496
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A college sports field and an organ with associated inscribed wooden board
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ GORDONIANS/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945/ THE GORDONIAN ASSOCIATION/ CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPORTS FIELD/ AND INSTALLED THE ORGAN/ IN THE MACROBERT HALL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Playing / Sports field
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plant Material - Organ or Organ part
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Board
- Condition
- Robert Gordon's College Sports Ground and Organ Plaque
- WMO ID: 261223
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 29-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Robert Gordon's College
- Reference
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 30 June 1950 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19500630/107/0006 ORGAN MEMORIAL TO GORDON'S F.P.s Proposed Installation in MacRobert Hall ...
- Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 12 March 1951 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19510312/046/0005 Gordon’s Organ May Be Installed This Year … "The order for the organ will be placed immediately"
- Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 08 September 1951 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19510908/057/0004 Organ As Memorial
- Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 08 October 1951 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19511008/306/0012 ROBERT GORDONS COLLEGE. THE GORDONIAN ASSOCIATION. WAR MEMORIAL
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