Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North East Fife
- Town
- Strathkinness
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th July 1921
Attended by: Dr. James Younger of Mount Melville - Unveiled
Date: 12th November 1950
Attended by: Undefined - Dedicated
Date: 24th July 1921
Attended by: Rev. Walter M'Leod, parish minster and Rev. James Whyte, U.F. Church, Ceres. - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5737
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Current location
Church Road/ Main Street
Strathkinness
North East Fife
Fife
KY16 9XR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 45887 16275
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft and tapering plinth with a red gravel surround.
- Inscription
- 6o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. 9 o'clock face: THOSE WHO LAID DOWN/THEIR LIVES/1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, W
Bissett, D
Brown, D
Christie, J
Cunningham, J
Duncan, J
Falls, A
Gilroy, G B
Gilroy, K R
Gourlay, L
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, initial of forename, regiment,
Order of information: Surname. - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, initials, surname, decorations, regiment
Order of information: surname, initials
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1510&mforum=warmemscot
- St. Andrews Citizen - Saturday 18 November 1950 OUR BUGLERS
- St. Andrews Citizen - Saturday 30 July 1921 STRATHKINNESS WAR MEMORIAL
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