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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- Dundee
- Town
- Dundee
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 May 1925
Attended by: Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO - Dedicated
Date: 16 May 1925
Attended by: Rev Dr A W Ferguson - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6021
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Current location
Summit of the Law of Dundee - Local Landmark
The Law
Law Road
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD3 6LD
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 39151 31289
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze brazier beacon surmounting a tapering plinth built of Cornish granite blocks bearing a carved dedication, and the whole set on a stepped base. Laurel wreath and cup design on top and an entry door on the 12 o'clock face. The Beacon is lit four times a year :- 25 September - Beginning of the Battle of Loos; 24 October - United Nations Day; Remembrance Sunday; 11 November - Armistice Day. See also our reference 63329 for the accompanying Roll of Honour Book, and 76445 for a copy of the pages of that book on an oak stand which was broken up in 2010.
- Inscription
- 6o'clock face: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ DUNDEE MEN/ WHO/ FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 12o'clock face: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ DUNDEE MEN/ WHO/ FELL IN THE/ WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945
- 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
- Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: height 9000MM
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Other structure
- Condition
- Dundee Law
- WMO ID: 130686
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 12-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Other website www.fdca.org.uk/LawMemorial.html
- Dundee Advertiser - 18 May 1925 - 'Dundee Honours its Brave'
- Full List of the fallen of Dundee- "Peoples Journal" 16 May 1925- a special War Supplement
- Dundee Advertiser - 15 May 1925 - Dundee Memorial Unveiling'
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2633&sid=fbe40a647cb6ab75b02b6106eace58bd&mforum=warmemscot [Includes the order of service for the unveiling]
- Dundee Advertiser - 26 December 1923 - 'The Memorial on the Law'
- Dundee Advertiser - 25 April 1925 - 'Committee decline to alter inscription'
- Carter Postcard Collection
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