Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Fountain
- District
- Dundee
- Town
- Dundee
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr A F Durkie (Architect)
Messrs Adam Wills of Dundee (Builder) - Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 11 November 2011
Attended by: Revd David J Randall - Unveiled
Date: 20 May 1922
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel J B Muir, DSO, Black Watch Regiment - Dedicated
Date: 20 May 1922
Attended by: Rev. Alex. Anderson of Mains and Strathmartine - Presented
Date: 20 May 1922
Attended by: Mrs McLachlan of Mains of Fintry, turned on the water - Show More (3)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Caird Park Stadium
Mains Loan
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD4 9BX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 41191 32865
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Beside Gelly Burn
amidst woodland.
Caird Park
Claverhouse Road
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD4 9
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 417 334
Denomination: Undefined
- Beside Gelly Burn
- Description
- Square plinth supporting a central pier which contains an arched fountain basin front centre. Four Corinthian columns stand independent of the pier at the corners and the whole is surmounted by a domed pediment. Inscription and names on the two side faces of the central pier. Fountain stands on three stepped base and is set in woodland.
- Inscription
- 9 O'Clock face: ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ OF MAINS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914-1918 3 O'Clock face: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Barrie, Jos.
Beattie, And.
Cameron, Rob.
Carrie, Dav. T
Clark, Wm.
Cook, Gordon
Cuthill, Wm.
Dear, Wm. G
Ferguson, Wm.
Glen, G
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Fountain
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Fountain
- Condition
- Men of Mains Parish
- WMO ID: 136189
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Graffiti to memorial. Also weathered and crumbled stone has caused loss to some of the names inscription.; 2011 Refurbished and relocated
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Dundee City Council
- Reference
- Other website www.dundeecity.gov.uk/dundeecity/uploaded_publications/publication_1363.pdf
- Scottish War Memorials Project warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic4424-0-desc-0.html
- Other website news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/110959-war-memorial-could-be-moved-due-to-vandalism/
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