Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Town
- Gattonside
- County
- Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56987
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Current location
On an unclassified road leading to the River Tweed just beyond the signposted Hoebridge Innset back from road behind bushes.
Unclassified road
Gattonside
Ettrick And Lauderdale
Borders
TD6 9LZ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 54415 34779
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough hewn simple cross mounted on stone plinth and surrounded by iron railings. Names carved on the front face of the shaft of the cross and the dedication on the plinth. There is a free standing WW2 metal plaque at the base of the cross shaft.
- Inscription
- On the Shaft:- (Names) Metal Plaque:- 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Plinth:- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF /THE MEN OF GATTONSIDE/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, John
Brown, Andrew Mccallum
Clark, Thomas T.
Fortune, James H.
Henderson, Thomas T.
Keddie, James H.
Lyal, James
Lyal, Robert H.
Mackenzie, Mark K.
Mann, James C.
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surnam
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Cross
- Condition
- Gattonside War Memorial
- WMO ID: 142289
- Condition: Poor [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
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