Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Western Islands
- Town
- Stornoway (Isle Of Lewis)
- County
- Western Isles
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69432
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Current location
On Cnoc nan Uan
at location of main WW1 memorial
Memorial Avenue
Stornoway (Isle Of Lewis)
Western Islands
Western Isles
HS1 2QR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NB 41739 34323
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite Celtic cross with Celtic knot engraving on cross wheel, with black lettered inscription on cross shaft and plinth, set on granite pedestal within boundary wall of the Isle of Lewis WW1 Memorial Tower (8845).
- Inscription
- IN/ KIND/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ OUR YOUTH/ WHO DIED/ IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945/ WHOEVER BELIEVETH THAT JESUS/ IS THE CHRIST IS BORN OF GOD/ WE KNOW THAT WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD.../ EPISTLE OF JOHN 5TH. CH./ JESUS SAITH TO HIM, HE THAT IS/ WASHED NEEDETH NOT SAVE TO WASH/ HIS FEET BUT IS CLEAN EVERY WHIT/ AND YE ARE CLEAN./ GOSPEL OF JOHN 13TH CH.
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Commemorations
- 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Grey - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite -Grey - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Grey
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- See IWM War Memorial 8845
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