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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Edzell
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5677
Current location
Dunlappie Road
Edzell
Angus
Tayside
DD9 7UB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 60123 68656
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk with inscription and names on plinth. Carved wreath around dedicatory inscription.
- Inscription
- TO THE UNCONQUERED DEAD / IN / HONOURED MEMORY / OF OUR MEN / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / WE OWE MORE TEARS TO THESE DEAD MEN / THAN TIME SHALL SEE US PAY / ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adam, James
Bairner, John
Begg, William
Belford, Thomas
Birse, Robert
Cameron, Stewart G
Chaplin, Andrew
Dallas, William J
Dawson, James C
Dunbar, William T
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: regiment THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Edzell
- WMO ID: 250765
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2003: AWARDED A VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED CERTIFICATE IN THE CATEGORY OF WAR MEMORIALS WITH GARDENS.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ANGUS DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1394&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
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