Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Argyll And Bute
- Town
- Kames, about 1 mile south of Tighnabruaich
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82220
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Current location
at the crossroads where B8000 turns right for Millhouse
B8000
Kames
about 1 mile south of Tighnabruaich
Argyll And Bute
Strathclyde
PA21 2AB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NR 97178 71379
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A grey granite obelisk on pedestal which stands on a low rough cairn of local stone with the commemoration and names of the dead listed in lead lettering on the pedestal faces, In fenced enclosure at edge of small park, raised above the road. WW1 names on three sides and WW2 names on one side above them. Was quite weathered when photographed in 2010. Images from 2016 on War Memorials Online show no change. Still perfectly legible.
- Inscription
- KILFINAN PARISH / IN PROUD AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE HEROES / WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 - "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS."
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Allan, Donald
Ballantyne, Daniel
Baxter, John
Brown, Walter M
Brown, William
Campbell, Angus
Campbell, Shaw
Candlish, William G
Carmichael, Archibald
Carmichael, Archibald
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 47
Served and returned: 0
Died: 47
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, honours, regiment
Order of information: surname - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, service
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cairn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Kilfinan Parish War Memorial, Kames
- WMO ID: 225733
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 26-01-2020]
- 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=620&mforum=warmemscot
- Canmore ID 318762 canmore.org.uk/site/318762/kames-kilfinan-war-memorial Kames, Kilfinan War Memorial
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