Bridge of Earn (Parishes of Dunbarney, Rhynd and Dron)

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Reference WMO/127121

Address:

Bridge of Earn Institute

123 Station Road

Bridge of Earn

PH2 9EA

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial stands alongside the Bridge of Earn Public Hall and Institute in Station Road. According to the report in the Perthshire Advertiser of 18 August 1920 (see link) the cross is made of Dumfrieshire sandstone and is a facsimile of the well-known St. Martin's Cross at Iona. It stands on a die which is approached by two broad steps. On the shaft of the cross is an inscription in raised bronze letters: ‘In glorious memory of the men from the parishes of Dunbarney, Dron and Rhynd who fell in the Great War, 1914-1919’. On the rear of the base is engraved (incised) a quotation from the Book of Ecclesiaticus (or Ecclesiastes): ‘And their glory shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for ever more’. The inscribed bronze plaque on the front of the memorial displays the 29 names of those who died in the First World War. The inscribed bronze plaque on the right-hand side of the memorial displays the 7 names of those who died in the Second World War. The memorial is in an area surrounded by low kerbstones, although the contemporary image shows this was a later addition.
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Front of cross shaft (raised bronze lettering): IN / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN / FROM / THE PARISHES OF / DUNBARNEY / DRON AND RHYND / WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919; Rear of base (incised in stone): “AND THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT / THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE / BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”; Inscribed at head of Second World War plaque: AND ALSO THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945

First World War: CAPT. R BRUCE ELLIS MC, RH; PTE. JOHN BLACKWOOD, A&SH; PTE. JOHN BROWN, MGC; PTE. JOHN BUIST, GH; QM SGT. DONALD CAMPBELL, RFA; SAP. HENRY GAIRNS, RE; PTE. GEORGE HENDERSON, RASC; SGT. WILLIAM KEAY, RFA; PTE. ALEXANDER KINMOND, RASC; PTE. WILLIAM LEWTHWAITE, RH; PTE. WILLIAM LOUDEN, RH; L/CPL. PTE. MATTHEW A LEGGEAT, RASC; PTE. GEORGE McDONALD, RH; PTE. JOHN McDONALD, SG; PTE. PETER McDONALD, RM; L/CPL. JAMES McDONALD, RS; PTE. STEWART McNAUGHTON, MGC; PTE. GEORGE McNAUGHTON, AUST; L/CPL. DAVID D McPHERSON, RAOC; PTE. JOHN MELVILLE, SH; PTE. DAVID REID, HLI; PTE. ANDREW ROSS, A&SH; SGT. DAVID SCOTT, RH; PTE. GEORGE SCRIMGEOUR, E AFR; SGT. ADAM SIMPSON MM, RH; DVR. GEORGE SMITH, RE; L/CPL JOHN TAYLOR, E SURYs; L/CPL. JOHN WILLIAMSON, RH; PTE. ARCHIBALD C WITTET, CAN.; Second World War: SGT. LAUCHLIN HUGH McLEAN, RASC; LT COMDR. J I MILLER DSO DSC & BAR. RNR; CAPT. R G McPHERSON, MIDDLESEX REGT; 1st OFFICER ROBT D MACKAY, MERCHANT NAVY; PTE ALASTAIR McINTOSH, ROYAL ARMOUR CORPS; PTE WILLIAM SINCLAIR, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS; GUNNER JAMES WATT, ROYAL ARTILLERY.

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