Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Cluny
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 October 1920
Attended by: Lady Cathcart of Cluny Castle - Unveiled
Date: 20th October 1946
Attended by: Undefined - Dedicated
Date: 30th October 1920
Attended by: Rev. Peter Taylor - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8567
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Current location
In front of cluny Church facing east.
Cluny Parish Church
Cluny
Gordon
Grampian
AB51 7RS
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 68496 12441
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Finely worked Celtic cross on stepped-base. Bronze tablet with WW2 names.
- Inscription
- TO THE / GLORY GOD / AND / IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF CLUNY / WHO DIED IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / (NAMES) / ALSO IN THE WAR 1939-1945 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barron, Ernest B
Barron, George W
Barron, Robert J
Brown, John
Christie, George
Cooper, Alexander M
Crichton, George
Crichton, William
Cundey, Joseph
Donaldson, Charles
See details for all 37 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4000mm
Materials: Granite - Kemnay - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- Condition
- Cluny War Memorial
- WMO ID: 217144
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-10-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/217144
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3357&highlight=cluny&mforum=warmemscot
- Aberdeen Daily Journal, October 30th 1920.
- Perthshire Advertiser - Saturday 12 October 1946 Page 8 War Memorial ---
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 02 November 1920 Page 3 CLUNY HEROES. MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY LADY CATHCART. ---
- Cluny Church sale sees Aberdeenshire war memorial set to move to a new location www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/church-sale-sees-aberdeenshire-war-memorial-set-to-move-to-a-348845/
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