Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Caithness
- Town
- Keiss
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Before 26th July 1922
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5934
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Current location
in a walled enclosure
west side of the A99
north of the village
Keiss
Caithness
Highland
KW1 4UZ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: ND 34914 61487
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk on a block and three stepped base and with a wreath on the front face, within a walled enclosure.
- Inscription
- Front Face-KEISS QUOAD SACRA PARISH/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE FALLEN/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/[names]/ALSO/1939-1945 Side Faces- [WW1 names] Back Face- [WW1 names]/THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR/EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bain, Alexander
Bain, David S
Bain, George
Begg, George M
Bremner, William S
Budge, Donald
Budge, William
Campbell, John
Coghill, Robert
Cormack, George
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: surname - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Lettering
- Condition
- Keiss Quoad Sacra Parish
- WMO ID: 194017
- Condition: Good [last updated on 25-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Northern Ensign and Weekly Gazette - Wednesday 26 July 1922 Custody of War Memorials Application from Keiss requesting the Council to take custody of the war memorial there.
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4663&mforum=warmemscot
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