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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
East Lothian
Town
Gifford
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: March 1921
    Attended by: General Sir Francis Davies, of Scottish Command
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
89313

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Current location

outside Yester Parish Church
Main Street
Gifford
East Lothian
Lothian
EH41 4QH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 53460 68079
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Celtic cross on a tapered pedestal and a 3 stage base. The dedication is carved on the shaft of the cross, and the names in 2 columns on the pedestal- both on the 6 o'clock face
Inscription
IN/GRATEFUL/MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO/DIED FOR US/1914-1918/[names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bald, James
Bald, Robert
Brown, Marcus
Brown, William
Crozier, John S B
Dickson, Andrew
Donaldson, John
Fraser, Murdoch
Hay, (lord) Arthur V
Ketchey, John
See details for all 18 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2094&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Scotsman 26 March 1921. WAR MEMORIALS YESTER PARISH.— A Celtic cross, composed of Craikland stone, in memory of 18 men of Yester Parish, East Lothian, has been unveiled at Gifford by General Sir Francis Davies, of Scottish Command. There was a large attendance. There were also representatives of the local Comrades and the Boy Scouts. The Marquis of Tweeddale, in introducing Sir Francis Davies, said he hoped that the memorial would be an example to all future generations, reminding them what the noble men whose names were engraved thereon had died for, and that Britain would prove worthy of these sacrifices. Sir Francis Davies said that he had unveiled a great many memorials in different parts of the country, but he had always considered that the kind which touched him most was such as in a small parish like Gifford, where the heroes had been known to the people from their youth upwards. He alluded to the utter devastation of the Somme area, which in many respects was not unlike East Lothian, and impressed upon those at home what the Germans would have perpetrated in this country had they succeeded in landing. Having unveiled the memorial, the names of the fallen were read by the Marquis of Tweeddale, followed by the sounding of the "Last Post." Several wreaths were placed on the memorial.

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