Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Nithsdale
Town
Sanquhar
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953), Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
57706

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Current location

Sanquhar Park
McKendrick Road
Sanquhar
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG4 6DQ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 77947 09895
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Curved wall enclosing a raised lawn on which stands a brick cairn. Wall has five plaques set into it with the names and regiments in white lettering. Bronze figure of a grieving woman seated on a bench opposite, looking at the wall. In May 2017 the cairn was removed, and is being replaced (as of 7th June 2017) with a sandstone plinth which will have a soldier figure on top- see our reference 81002. However the rest of the memorial remains in situ as of Summer 2018. Plaques list names and regiments in First and Second World Wars, together with soldiers killed in the Korean War and Borneo.
Inscription
Plaque: 1914 1918/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THESE MEN OF THE BURGH AND DISTRICT/ WHO DIED SERVING THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE WAR/ (Names)/ THESE "LIVED IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS" Plaque: 1914 1918/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THESE MEN OF THE BURGH AND DISTRICT/ WHO DIED SERVING THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE WAR/ (Names)/ THESE "LIVED IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS" Plaque: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ "LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS" Plaque: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ "THEIRS IS THE GLORY" Plaque: PTE ROBERT MAXWELL, K.O.S.B./ KILLED IN KOREA 1951/ PTE WILLIAM H. MURRAY, PARACHUTE REGT./ KILLED IN BORNEO 12TH APRIL 1965
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baird, Robert
Ballantyne, Alexander
Black, Joseph
Borland, James
Broadfoot, James
Broadfoot, John
Broadfoot, Robert
Broadfoot, William
Broadfoot, William
Brown, Robert
See details for all 94 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 78
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 78
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 14
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 14
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Indonesian Confrontation (1963-1966)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Wall
    Measurements: height 1000mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Cairn
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
History
March 2018- Grieving woman sculpture vandalised by being daubed with paint; The First World War plaques were formerly attached to the external wall of the Sanquhar Institute, mounted at either side of the entrance door., and the second World War Plaques were attached to the front pillars of the institute, hence their curved shape -see memorial 72187
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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