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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Hamilton
- Town
- Hamilton
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 September 1926
Attended by: RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL OF HOME
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5999
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Current location
57
Hamilton Public Park
Bothwell Road
Hamilton
Hamilton
Strathclyde
ML3 0BB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 71493 56582
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Simple cenotaph set in slightly sunk and paved garden. The Arms of the Burgh are carved on the centre- the names are on plaques at the town hall- our reference 6000
- Inscription
- 6 O'clock: TO/ THE MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF HAMILTON/ WHO/ DIED FOR US/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ REMEMBER 3 O'clock: FRANCE-BELGIUM-ITALY-SALONICA-PALESTINE 9 O'clock: EGYPT-GALLIPOLI-MESOPOTAMIA- & OTHER LANDS 12 O'clock: THE SEA AND THE AIR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cenotaph
- Condition
- Hamilton
- WMO ID: 258347
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 21-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2533&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Hamilton Advertiser - 11 September 1926 - 470 Men Killed from Hamilton
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