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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nesting And Lunnasting Ed
- Town
- South Nesting
- County
- Shetland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8877
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Current location
School
South Nesting
Nesting And Lunnasting Ed
Shetland
ZE2 9PP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: HU 45049 54019
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two Brass Plaques (one for each conflict) in a combined wooden frame
- Inscription
- SOUTH NESTING SCHOOL/In Memory of/THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/[names] 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, John
Gear, Charles Bruce
Gear, Magnus
Gear, Magnus Arthur
Gear, Robert
Georgeson, Thomas
Irvine, James John
Irvine, Robert
Laurenson, Laurence Peter
Rendall, Hector
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- First World War memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Scottish Military Research Group - warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic5646.html - Accessed 21 January 2016.
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