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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North East Fife
- Town
- St Andrews
- County
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- Sir Robert Lorrimer (Sculptor)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23 September 1922
Attended by: Field Marshal The Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5744
Current location
St Andrews Cathedral (ruin)
Main Road - A997
St Andrews
North East Fife
Fife
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 51349 16658
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Celtic with Sword of Sacrifice on the shaft, set on a tall stepped base holding an inscription panel. Wall with bronze names panels for both world wars to the rear.
- Inscription
- PRO PATRIA 1914-1918/1939-1945/ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD AND/ THE HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF ST ANDREWS/ WHO WITH COURAGE/ AND FAITH AT THEIR/ COUNTRY'S CALL/ LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES THAT WE WHO/ REMAIN MIGHT LIVE/ IN FREEDOM AND PEACE/UR (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, John C
Alexander, James C
Alexander, Robert
Alexander, Thomas K L
Allan, David
Allan, David
Allen, Thomas J
Anderson, Andrew
Anderson, Charles H
Anderson, David
See details for all 286 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 186
Served and returned: 0
Died: 186
Exact count: yes
Information shown: service, rank, forename, surname, decoration
Order of information: service THEN rank THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 96
Served and returned: 0
Died: 96
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: service THEN rank THEN surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- Condition
- History
- BLOWN DOWN IN A GALE IN 1968. RESTORED IN 1985
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=58&mforum=warmemscot
- St Andrews Citizen 4 June 2010 has a history of the memorial
- St Andrews Citizen 7 November 2008 reproduces an image of the 1920 unveiling day
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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© WMR-5744
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