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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Caithness
- Town
- Wick
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1 August 1924
Attended by: General Lord Horne
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5957
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Current location
A99
Wick
Caithness
Highland
KW1 4DN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: ND 36043 51851
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite Obelisk surmounted by an urn finial, on plinth and 2 steps, then a 3 stage base
- Inscription
- Front Face- ERECTED/BY THE PEOPLE OF/THE ACKERGILL/AND HEMPRIGGS ESTATE/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF/THEIR GALLANT SONS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WARS/FOR THE SACRED CAUSE/OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,/LIBERTY,/AND FREEDOM/1914-1919/1939-1945/REMEMBER US/THOU WHO PASSEST BY/FROM OUR DEAD HANDS THY LIFE/AND FREEDOM CAME 2 other faces- [WW1 names] 4th face- 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, Donald
Bremner, David
Calder, Hugh G
Calder, William
Donn, Benjamin
Doull, Alexander
Duff-dunbar, Kenneth James
Dunbar, Kenneth James Duff
Gordon, Alexander
Gowans, James A
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, service, forenames, decorations
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, service, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Ackergill and Hempriggs Estate
- WMO ID: 165326
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Photographs from 2009-warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4664&mforum=warmemscot
- Edinburgh Evening News - Saturday 02 August 1924 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19240802/068/0004
- The Scotsman - Saturday 02 August 1924 LORD HORNE UNVEILS CAITHNESS WAR MEMORIAL www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19240802/431/0007
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