Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Clydesdale
- Town
- New Lanark
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Dickson, Lanark (Sculptor)
Mr J. Nicol (Builder)
Mr S. Wyatt (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14 January 1922
Attended by: Major Henry Birkmyre, Port Glasgow, a managing director of the Gourock Ropework Company. - Dedicated
Date: 14 January 1922
Attended by: Rev. Mr Pinkerton, Rev. Mr Sutherland, minister of New Lanark Church presided - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9833
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Current location
Next to the path leading down to the village from the Visitor Car Park
New Lanark Road
New Lanark
Clydesdale
Strathclyde
ML11 9DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 88031 42619
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cross on tall plinth, and 3 step base, with names and inscription engraved in black on plinth.
- Inscription
- Plinth 6 o'clock face-THIS STONE/ IS/ ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS/ OF NEW LANARK/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919 Middle Step 6 o'clock face- "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE" Other three faces of plinth arranged anticlockwise-(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, W
Ashe, R J
Barr, S
Brown, J C
Cooper, J
Dickie, G
Donald, J
Frame, G
Frood, T Mck
Handyside, W
See details for all 29 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: alphabetically by regiment THEN rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Town council and Scottish Heritage.
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=584&mforum=warmemscot
- NEW LANARK UNVEILING OF WAR MEMORIAL. Carluke and Lanark Gazette - Friday 20 January 1922 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002009/19220120/056/0003 Details of unveiling etc with list of names on memorial.
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