Westray War Memorial

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Reference WMO/149604

Address:

Pierowall

Westray

Orkney

KW17 2DF

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Polished grey granite memorial with polished pink granite columns inset into corners. Lettering engraved and painted black. Pink granite banding and grey granite decorative detailing. Surmounted by unpolished grey granite obelisk topped with fleur-de-lys finial. Dedication at foot of obelisk engraved and painted black. Engraved motif of wreath and crossed swords. Pedestal composed of two levels of unpolished grey granite, above two levels of concrete. Grey granite plaque bearing inscription (engraved, painted black) set against granite levels of pedestal; semi-circular sandstone wreath holder set against concrete levels of pedestal. Memorial stands on raised concrete base, which appears to have once hosted railings, surrounded by gravel and bounded on three sides by flagstone rubble wall capped with concrete. Access from road via two low steps and path surfaced with concrete pavers.
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ERECTED IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WESTRAY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.1914 – 1919 SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE DEAD

ANDREW HARCUS, THOS. HARCUS, ROBT. SINCLAIR, ALEX. RENDALL, JOHN E. HEWISON, WM. T. BAIN, JAS. BURGHER, WM. LESLIE, WM. T. REID, WM. MASON, GEO. S. RENDALL, STEWART RENDALL, JOHN RENDALL, JOHN DREVER, ANDREW HARCUS, WM. RENDALL, HENRY STEVENSON, GEO. SEATTER, DAVID RENDALL, JOHN COOPER, THOS. DREVER, JAS. B. GROAT, ROBT. R. RENDALL, JOHN T.S. RENDALL, WM. C. RENDALL, THOS. COOPER, DAVID REID, THOS. FOULIS, JOHN FOULIS, JAS. DREVER, GEO. GRAY, JOHN HARCUS, WM. HEDDLE, THOS. KENT, JOHN T. RENDALL, THOS. RENDALL, JAS. L. HARCUS, THOS. R. SEATTER, KATHLEEN H. WALKER, GEORGINA H. MASON, GEORGE B. REID, DAVID RENDALL, WM RENDALL, JOHN FOULIS, JOHN M. HEWISON, ROBERT GRAY, JAMES SWANNEY, JAMES REID

C(S) (Scotland)

48003

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