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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Kirkton Of Rayne
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- W McKay & Son (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7th January 1920
Attended by: Miss Arbuthnot-Leslie of Warthill House
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8624
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Current location
Outside the churchyard
next to the road
Rayne Parish Church
Kirkton Of Rayne
Gordon
Grampian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 69807 30228
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Ashlar Celtic cross with runic bosses and interlacing Celtic ornament, surmounting a rustic die and stepped base. Surrounded by chain fence.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / CONNECTED WITH THE / PARISH OF RAYNE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 1918 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, James I
Barron, Alexander
Buchan, John Hall
Cooper, William
Coutts, Joseph
Cran, Alexander
Cran, Robert Forbes
Cruickshank, Alex.
Davidson, William
Florence, John G
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, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: height 5500mm
Materials: Granite - Kemnay
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3197&highlight=rayne&mforum=warmemscot
- Aberdeen Daily Journal, January 8th 1920, p6.
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