
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Midlothian
- Town
- Cranstoun
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24 October 1920
Attended by: Hon. Hew Dalrymple on behalf of the Earl of Stair - Dedicated
Date: Undefined
Attended by: Revd Robert Inghs (Ford United Free Church) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5636
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Current location
junction of A68 and A6093
Cranstoun
Midlothian
Lothian
EH37 5UA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 38108 66119
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The 6 o'clock face of the shaft of the cross is divided into three panels, the top and bottom ones containing the two dates and the middle one a laurel wreath on that face there is a latin cross on each side of the four line inscription on the 3 & 9 o'clock faces there is a cross between the two dates.
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: 1914/ 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF CRANSTOUN PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Binnie, William
Buchanan, James
Callender, W. Archibald
Cowan, James
Crawford, James
Douglas, George
Drysdale, Alex
Drysdale, Thomas
Duncan, George
Gardiner, James
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1220mm, height 4000mm, width 1820mm
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- Cranston or Cranstoun Parish
- WMO ID: 198302
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-01-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Dalkeith Advertiser, 28 October 1920
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1638&sid=b51c8db96e5e80db999737f2ca3fc202&mforum=warmemscot
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