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Memorial details

Memorial type

Civilian (eg: "man" "woman" "child")

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)

Maker

Messrs Alexander Ross & Son, Inverness (Architect)
Messrs David A Davidson, Inverness (Sculptor)
Mr George Mackay, Halkirk. (Undefined)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 30th September 1922
Attended by: Sir Archibald Sinclair Bart of Ulbster

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

5946

Current location

Crescent Street
Halkirk
Caithness
Highland
KW12 6XN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: ND 12979 59480
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Statue of a woman and kilted child on stone plinth, representing "Sorrow"

Inscription

GENTLE PEACE RETURNING/ WI' MANY A SWEET BABE FATHERLESS,/ AND MONY A WIDOW MOURNING SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/Greater Love hath no man than/this that a man lay down his/life for his friends JOHN XV. XIII/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names).

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Adamson, Joseph M
Adamson
Bain, James
Cameron, Hector M
Cameron, Robert M
Campbell, Daniel C
Campbell, David
Campbell, Hugh
Campbell, John W
Cormack, William
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Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 62
Served and returned: 0
Died: 62
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: surname
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Condition

Halkirk
WMO ID: 193817
Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-01-2015]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=4048&mforum=warmemscot#4048
Photographs-www.caithness.org/atoz/halkirk/index.htm
Carter Postcard Collection
Gifford, John H & I, Buildings of Scotland, (1992) p.119 Source: Image Library

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