Liff and Benvie

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Pillar / Column
District: Dundee
Town: Liff
County: Tayside
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 86120

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Current location

In the grounds
Liff Parish Church
Church Road
Liff
Dundee
Tayside
DD2 5NN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 33314 32849
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

Columnar war memorial. Pink sandstone. Roman Doric fluted column surmounted by ball-finialled block, large octagonal pedestal with inscribed panels, large shallow square plinth.

Inscription

Face 1-"GREATER LOVE/HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."//IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/THIS PARISH WHO IN THE/JOY OF YOUTH LAID DOWN/THEIR LIVES IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1918//PRO PATRIA Face 2-[names Bathie to John Halkerston] Face 3-[names William Halkerston to Maitland] Face 4-[names Mitchell to Whitwell]

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Bathie, Archibald
Burgess, James
Burry, James
Chalmers, Arnott
Clayhills, George
Drew, George
Duncan, George Boyd
Fairweather, William
Gait, John
Gillies, Malcolm
See details for all 35 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename

Components

Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

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