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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Banff And Buchan
- Town
- Whitehills
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8675
Current location
Seafield Road
beside B9139 Portsoy Road
Whitehills
Banff And Buchan
Grampian
AB45 2JQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 65560 64647
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White granite truncated obelisk on three-stepped base. Inset on alternate sides are carved red sandstone tablets. one depicting a soldier holding a rifle and the other a sailor holding a telescope. Lettering in black.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GREATER GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF /THE MEN OF THE/ PARISH OF BOYNDIE/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, George C
Allison, Victor
Barbour, Robert
Barron, Alex. R
Benzie, Robert
Buchan, Robert
Chisholm, Jas.
Creen, Herbert J
Cruickshank, James
Enwright, Charles
See details for all 51 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, decorations
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service
Order of information: Surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Parish of Boyndie
- WMO ID: 216838
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-10-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Banff & Buchan Council
- Reference
- Scottish War Memorials Project www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=28732&mforum=warmemscot#28732
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