Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cairn
- District
- Unst Ed
- Town
- Baltasound
- County
- Shetland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8847
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Current location
on high ground
to the west of the A968
road to Haroldswick
Baltasound
Unst Ed
Shetland
ZE2 9TA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: HP 62332 09712
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone Cairn surmounted by a latin cross and with a grey granite dedication plaque
- Inscription
- In Remembrance Of/SHETLANDERS/WHO GAVE THEMSELVES TO THEIR COUNTRY/DURING THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/ALL SUFFERED, MANY WERE KILLED/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cairn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cairn
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Scottish Military Research Group - warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-post-25792.html - Accessed 21 January 2016.
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