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Reference WMO/194463

Address:

Recreation Ground

Lawhill Road

Law

ML8 5HA

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial consists of a granite obelisk surmounted on a square tampered plinth with commemorative leaded lettered inscription. The memorial is elevated from ground level with a two stepped base surrounded by a squared cobbled area. The memorial is located with a recreation area off Lawhill Road. It used to be situated in Station Road. It was moved quite a number of years ago due to vandalism.
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Plinth: IN / MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF LAW / WHO DIED / ON SERVICE IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / Plinth, sides: (Names)/ THEY DID THEIR DUTY, AND THEIR NAMES/ SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE Plinth, reverse: 235 MEN FROM / LAW DISTRICT / SERVED IN H.M. FORCES / IN THE GREAT WAR / OUT OF THAT NUMBER / 29 MEN WHOSE NAMES / ARE RECORDED HEREON / MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE Base, upper: ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS OF LAW/ 23RD MAY 1920 Base, lower: ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/[10 names in 2 columns]

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