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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Nairn
- Town
- Advie
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9th November 2008
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 9th November 2008
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61673
Current location
Opposite the village hall
off the A95
Advie
Nairn
Highland
PH26 3LP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 125 343
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite Pillar with four faces. Each face is carved with four inset ogee arches. The inscriptions are on tablets within the arches. Replica of original memorial.
- Inscription
- First of two Dedication Panels-LET US GIVE/ OUR MOST HUMBLE /AND HEARTY THANKS/ TO GOD ALMIGHTY /FOR HAVING GIVEN /US AND OUR ALLIES/THE VICTORY OVER/ OUR ENEMIES/ MAY WE ALL REMEMBER/ THAT THE SAFETY /OF OUR EMPIRE /IS NOT OWING TO/ THE STRENGTH OF MAN/ BUT TO THE POWER/ OF GOD/ GOD SAVE THE KING/ AMEN/ Second of 2 Dedication Panels-SONS OF THIS PLACE/LET THIS OF YOU/BE SAID/THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE/WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/THESE GAVE THEIR/LIVES THAT YOU/WHO LIVE MAY REAP/A HIGHER HARVEST/ERE YOU FALL/ASLEEP Other Panels-[names] On the Step-THIS WAR MEMORIAL ERECTED IN 2008/REPLACES THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL/WHICH WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR IN 2005/THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL/CAN BE VIEWED IN THE GROUNDS OF ADVIE CEMETERY SONS OF THIS PLACE/ LET THIS OF YOU/ BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE/ WORTHY OF OUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR/ LIVES THAT YOU/ WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL/ ASLEEP/ (Regiments followed by Names) Base: THIS WAR MEMORIAL ERECTED IN 2008/ REPLACES THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL/ WHICH WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR IN 2006/ THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL/ CAN BE VIEWED IN THE GROUNDS OF ADVIE CEMETERY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, Cuthbert
Anderson, James
Bremner, James
Bremner, William
Brooks, Ernest
Cameron, John
Cooper, John G
Currall, Arthur S
Dean, Alexander
Duff, Donald
See details for all 64 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 64
Served and returned: 0
Died: 64
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, decorations
Order of information: regiment THEN rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Pillar
- Condition
- Advie & Cromdale war memorial
- WMO ID: 140841
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2008: Replacement for the memorial column damaged in 2006 (Our ref. 8697). The remains of the original memorial can be viewed in the grounds of Advie Cemetery
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1703
- Strathspey & Badenoch Herald Published: 29/10/2008 00:00 - Updated: 30/11/2011 14:15 www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/New-home-for-Advie-memorial-3540.htm New home for Advie memorial The monument is now in its new position near Advie Public Hall and a dedication ceremony will be held on Remembrance Sunday on November 9.
- Strathspey and Badenoch Herald Published: 17/05/2006 00:00 - Updated: 30/11/2011 14:24 www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/Memorial-at-centre-of-tug-o-war-battle-37.htm Memorial at centre of tug o' war battle
- Strathspey and Badenoch Herald Published: 14/11/2007 00:00 - Updated: 30/11/2011 14:19 www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/Memorial-compromise-reached-2137.htm Memorial compromise reached
- Other website canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/111850/contribution/advie+war+memorial/
- War Memorials Trust 3530
- UKNIWM www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.8697/fromUkniwmSearch/1
- Other website wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Morayshire/Advie/Advie War Memorial.html
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