Strathdon

• First World War (1914-1918)
  Total names on memorial: 35
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 35
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: rank, initials of forenames, surname, home address, decorations
  Order of information: rank THEN surname
• Second World War (1939-1945)
  Total names on memorial: 7
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 7
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, home address
  Order of information: surname

• Memorial
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Granite

• PARISH OF STRATHDON
• WMO ID: 152453
• Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-03-2018]
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Comments: A meeting of the subscribers to the Strathdon War Memorial Fund was held in the Lonach Hall on Saturday evening — William Wattie, Gowanbrae, presiding. It was intimated that the total collected was £254 18s. and that Colonel John Michie, Toronto, had offered a donation of £50. The total amount, after all the subscriptions had been received, including the proprietors donations and one or two balances from entertainments, is expected to be about £500. It was agreed to accept the offer of £325 from Mr Taylor, Aberdeen, for the monument, which is to erected at the junction of the road .leading to Belnabodach with the main road. Two committees were formed, the first for preparing lists of names and a suitable inscription and arranging for the lettering, and the second to deal with the work of erection.

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• Unveiling with description of ceremony and full list of names Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 09 August 1921
• Planning committee Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 09 March 1920
• STRATHDON'S AMBITION. WAR MEMORIAL LIKE WHITEHALL CENOTAPH Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 27 December 1919
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• The Scotsman - Friday, 12th August 1921, page 7 WAR MEMORIALS STRATHDON CENOTAPH - The memorial to the 35 men of Strathdon who fell in the war was unveiled by the Hon. Percy Thesiger of Tornasheen (a younger brother of Lord Chelmsford), who served as a trooper in the West Kent Yeomanry, and saw service in Egypt, Palestine and France before getting his commission. The memorial designed by Mr Arthur Taylor, sculptor, Aberdeen, is modelled on lines somewhat similar to the Cenotaph in London, and has been erected on an island site at the junction of the Belnabodach road with the main turnpike road. Private George Masson, Coul of Newe unveiled the inscription on the monument.