STROMNESS

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Reference WMO/144636

Address:

North End Road

Stromness

Orkney

KW16 3AH

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Figure sculpture
Lettering: Leaded
About the memorial: Square-based column with inset polished pink granite plaques carrying inset lead lettering, framed by pink granite blocks with decorative part-rusticated finishes. Dates 1914 and 1919 carved in relief into one of these blocks on the front elevation. Simple pink granite capital. Topped by grey granite neo-classical statue of a grieving widow holding a wreath. Tapered pedestal formed of roughly-finished grey granite blocks with thick cement joints. Modern metal grille installed at the foot of the pedestal as mount for commemorative wreaths. Memorial stands within gravel enclosure bounded by a low sandstone wall with inset cast iron railings; based on marks in stonework these railings are not original. Gravel perimeter path between outer edge of sandstone wall and flagstone kerbs, surrounded by a planted border. Memorial accessed from road by series of sandstone steps surrounded by granite boulder rockery. Two large wooden planter tubs sit on steps. Monument: Base of column built of large rusticated grey granite blocks, with thick cement joints. Central portion of column built of rusticated grey granite with inset pink granite plaques containing names (lettering inlaid with lead). Simple grey granite capital. Statue depicts a grieving widow with a wreath in a classical style. Modern metal grille installed at the base as mount for commemorative wreaths. Walled enclosure: Low sandstone wall with inset cast iron railings. Wall shows evidence of having previously hosted a different set of railings. The area within the enclosure is surfaced with gravel. Perimeter path and access path: Perimeter path formed of gravel approx. 1.5m wide, contained within sandstone kerb, surrounding the walled enclosure. Surrounded by small planted border. Access steps formed of sandstone flags, flanked by granite boulder rockery and two wooden planter tubs.
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IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT DEAD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HONOUR AND FREEDOM IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1919 ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF STROMNESS ASSISTED BY NATIVES OF THE DISTRICT IN THIS AND IN OTHER LANDS. “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.” 1914 . 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945.

-1915- C.S.M. DAVID FLETT, L’POOL SCOTTISH. L.CPL. HENRY LINKLATER, AUST. SIG. CORPS. 2ND LT. D. STEWART SPENCE, R.F.A. -1916- ENGNR. JNO. S. CLOUSTON, H.M. TRANSPORT. PTE. WM. FINNIE, CAN. E. F. “ JAS. W. HARVEY, R.S.F. SEAMAN CHAS. KIRKPATRICK, R.N.R. (T) PTE. JAS. W. LINKLATER, H.L.I. SERGT. JNO. MCINTYRE, R.F.A. A.B.SMN ISAAC MANSON, MERC. MARINE PTE. JAS. MOWAT, N.Z.E.F. “ WM. S. PORTEOUS, S.A.E.F. “ CHAS. ROBB, CAN.E.F. SEAMAN FRANK S. SHEARER, R.N. PATROL PTE. JNO. SIMPSON, R.S.F. “ WM. G. SINCLAIR R.M.L.I. - R.N.D. SERGT DAVID STEVEN, A&S. HIGHRS SEAMAN WM. R.S. STOUT, R.N.P. PTE. SAML. WYLIE, SEAFORTHS. -1917- MAJOR CHAS. P. ATKIN, M.C. R.F.A. PTE. ROBT FIDDLER, AUST. E.F. “ DAVID C.S. HARVEY, SEAFORTHS. “ CHAS. F. HUTCHINSON. R.A.S.C. “ DAVID MATHESON, AUST E.F. SHIP STWD GEO. ROBB, MERC. MARINE. -1917- PTE. GEO. ROBERTSON, CAN.E.F. L. CPL JAS. WM. SINCLAIR, SEAFORTHS. SHIPMST. JAS. SUTHERLAND, MERC. MARINE SEAMAN CHAS. TAYLOR, R.N.R. LIEUT. R.W. TAYLOR M.C. R.F.A. CORPL. ROBT. WILSON, CAN. E.F. -1918- PTE. HERBT. E.S. ANGUS, CAN. R.A.M.C. P.O. JNO. CHRISTIE, R.N.R. PTE. WM. CORRIGAL, MACH. GUN. CORPS. “ JAS. FIRTH, CAN.E.F. “ JNO. R. GARSON, R.H. “ JOSEPH MATHESON, SCOT. RIFLES. L.CPL. JAS. MILLER, R.E. SEAMAN JNO. MOWAT, MERC. MARINE RES. SERGT. J.A. MOWAT, P.P.C.L.I. SERGT. WM. M. MOWAT, R.G.A. (T) PTE. JNO. W. OMAND, SEAFORTHS “ ROBT. M. RENDALL, “ “ ALEX. SMITH, “ “ JNO. SCOTT, CAMERONS - AFTER 1918 – “ WM. G. CLOUSTON, R.A.S.C. “ JNO. HARVEY, SEAFORTHS. “ DAN. E. JOHNSTON, S.A. – A.S.C. L.CPL. JNO. JOHNSTON, CAN.E.F. SEAMAN JNO. E.L. SINCLAIR, H.M. TRANSPORT W.G.M. BAKER, R.N. WM. BROWN, R.A. JAS. CHALMERS, R.N. QUEENIE DONALDSON, A.T.S. STEWART GUY, GUARDS. GEORGINA H. MASON, W.A.A.F. WM. MUIR, R.N. JAS. W. PARK, R.N. JAS.G. SPENCE, R.A. JOHN SUTHERLAND, M.N. LEONARD SUTHERLAND, R.A.F. WM. A. SWANSON, M.N. JAS. R. VELZIAN, R.A.F. JAS. WATSON, R.A. JOHN J. SMITH, R.N. GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, R.N.

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