Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Annandale And Eskdale
Town
Moffat
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953), Non-Combat Deaths
Maker
Mr Reginald Fairlie ARSA RSA (Architect)
Mr Alexander Carrick RSA RBS (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 1920
    Attended by: Major Murray of Murraythwaite, M.P. for Dumfriesshire
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5876

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Current location

Town Square
Moffat
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG10 9EU
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 08491 05269
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Market Cross with a circular column in stone surmounted by the Burgh Crest of flying spurs and a cross in bronze.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY /OF THE MEN / OF MOFFAT WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 / 1919 / (NAMES) (NAMES) / ALSO IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adamson, T
Adamson, W J
Aitken, J
Anderson, A
Anderson, J
Banton, H J
Beattie, J
Beattie, J S
Bell, G
Bell, W H
See details for all 96 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, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 16
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 16
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    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, initials of forenames
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, rank, initials of forenames
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Column
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Freestone
Condition
History
2014-£6,700 of repairs of which £1,700 was from War Memorials Trust
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Scottish War Memorials Project warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic555.html
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • Other website wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Dumfries and Galloway/Moffat War Memorial.htm
  • The Scotsman 30 November 1920 -'The Moffat war memorial - the first burgh memorial to be completed in the county - was unveiled by Major Murray of Murraythwaite, M.P. for Dumfriesshire. A service was taken part in by the various ministers of the town, and addresses were given by Major Murray, Provost Huskie, and the Rev. R. Somers, B.D., parish minister. The Magistrates, Town Councillors, and burgh officials attended. The monument, which was designed by Mr. Reginald Fairlie, architect, Edinburgh, is composed of Doddington quarry freestone, the base and shaft being about 30 feet in height, the top being surmounted by the burgh crest, the flying spur, in bronze. It is in the form of a market cross, and is erected on the old historic site of the Market Cross, and bears the names of seven officers and seventy non-commissioned officers and men. The sculptor was Mr. Alexander Carrick, Edinburgh.'

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