Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Badenoch And Strathspey
Town
Dulnain Bridge
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: Friday 3rd September 1920
    Attended by: Rev. D. Y. Robertson, minister of Inverallan Church
  • Unveiled
    Date: Friday 3rd September 1920
    Attended by: Sir Alfred Booth, Bt.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8706

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Current location

A938
Dulnain Bridge
Badenoch And Strathspey
Highland
PH26 3NZ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 99661 24829
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Celtic cross with knotwork on cross and shaft set on a tapering plinth and square base. Tablet on faces of the pinth with the names and dedication on shaft of cross in black lettering. In a small walled area across from the church. "The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross. It has been cut out of a single block of grey granite about 14 feet in height, and placed on a wide splayed base which rests on a roughly hewn substructure of local granite."
Inscription
East face: TO THE/ NEVER DYING/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN/ FROM/ DULNAIN BRIDGE/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914/ 1919/ (NAMES) North face: 1939 - 1945/ THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES) West face:FOR/ HONOUR/ AND FOR/ HOME/ THEIR NAMES/ SHALL BE/ IN/ EVERLASTING/ HONOUR
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Anderson, W
Baxter, A
Bruce, P
Fraser, D B
Grant, D
Grant, D
Grant, D
Grant, D R
Grant, J A
Grant, L
See details for all 32 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 29
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 29
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, regiment, rank
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
History
Ornamentation extremely weathered
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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