Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Rhynie
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Maker
- Messrs D Morren & Co (Mason)
Robert Warrack Morrison (Stone Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30 May 1920
Attended by: Major John Dickson
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8625
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Current location
Centre of village green
Village Green
The Square
Rhynie
Gordon
Grampian
AB54 4EG
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 49845 271276
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square plinth surmounted by a life size figure of a serviceman in service dress cap and greatcoat. The Figure is depicted in mourning pose with rifle reversed. The Inscription is in incised lettering on the sides of the plinth with a separate tablet for WW2 names placed in front of the main memorial.
- Inscription
- Front Face: ERECTED IN HONOUR OF/ THE MEN FROM THE/ PARISHES OF RHYNIE & KEARN/ WHO SERVED THE CAUSE OF/ FREEDOM & RIGHT IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE NAMED HEREON WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT CONFLICT/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / (Names) Other Faces: (Names) Tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allardyce, Alexander
Anderson, George W
Anderson, Theodore R
Begg, Henry
Benton, Joseph
Beverley, George B
Clark, George
Cockburn, John A C
Cook, George
Craig, Charles
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: regiment THEN rank THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of information: By rank - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Fence/ Railing
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Plinth
- Condition
- RHYNIE AND KEARN
- WMO ID: 142223
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Owned by the Baroness of Huntley but maintained by Aberdeenshire Council.
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=124&mforum=warmemscot
- Carter Postcard Collection
- portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB49310
- Western Front Association Bulletin by Western Front Association Oct 2003 Bulletin 67
- Other website www.leopardmag.co.uk/feats/42/robert-morrison-king-of-the-granite-carvers
- Huntly Express 16 April 2004; 15 May 2004
- Marr Area Committee Report - 30th September 2003.
- The Courier and Advertiser 17 Feb 2003 p9
- Press and Journal 07 Jun 2003; 17 Jun 2003; 01 Oct 2003; 8 May 2004
- Aberdeen Daily Journal, May 31st 1920, p3.
- Other website www.kinnethmont.co.uk/rhynie/
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