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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Caithness
- Town
- Canisbay
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 September 1921
Attended by: General Lord Horne of Stirkoke and Lady Horne
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57147
Current location
about 1 mile SW of Canisbay Village
on the minor road between Upper Gills and Everley
north side of road about 100 yards west of the Canisbay turn
Canisbay
Caithness
Highland
KW1 4YJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: ND 34160 71657
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Four stepped base surmounted by plinth, pedestal and column. Four supporting pillars are placed around the column supporting the pediment, above which is another section of column with rounded top and an urn. Inscription on the four sides of the pedestal. Whole is enclosed by a stone wall to three sides of the memorial and a gated railing to the front.
- Inscription
- IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN/ FROM CANISBAY PARISH,/ WHO, AT THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY,/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS/ DEAR TO THEM,/ ENDURED HARDNESS,/ FACED DANGER,/ AND FINALLY PASSED/ OUT OF THE SIGHT/ OF MEN./ THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF SACRIFICE/ GIVING UP/ THIER OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS/ MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM./ (Names)/ 1914 -1918 Sides: (Names) Side: (Names)/ 1939 -1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baikie, Alexander
Bain, John
Bain, William
Banks, David
Banks, Gordon
Banks, John
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Robert
Dundas, Cecil T
Dunnet, Charles
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, decorations
Order of information: regiment THEN rank THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: regiment - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Column
- Condition
- Canisbay
- WMO ID: 193805
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-01-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4653&mforum=warmemscot
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 16 September 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19210916/016/0003 CAITHNESS MEMORIALS UNVEILED BY LORD HORNE OF STIRKOKE
- The Scotsman - Saturday 17 September 1921 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19210917/051/0010 WAR MEMORIAL
- Other website www.caithness.org/atoz/canisbay/index.htm
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