Clyne (Brora)

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Reference WMO/146041

Address:

South Brae

Brora

KW9 6NT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Clock tower
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Gulf Conflict (1990-1991)
About the memorial: The memorial takes the form of a Scots-baronial freestanding castellated clock tower over 50 feet high, with a dial on each of its four sides 31 feet above the road level and plaques at its base. It is built of local Clynelish sandstone. Unveiled by Mrs Thomas Matheson, Dalchalm, Brora, who had lost 2 sons, a daughter and a son-in-law, to commemorate the fallen of the Great war on Christmas Day, 1922 after public subscription. Constructed by Messrs Grant Murray & Co, Masons, Brora. Post-restoration photos now added.
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THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY/ OF OUR GALLANT DEAD./ (Names) / "THEIR DUST IS IN THE DESERT AND THE DEEP,/ AND YET, TRIUMPHANT O'ER THE GRAVE, THEIR SPIRITS NEVER SLEEP/ BUT GUARD THE FREEDOM WHICH THEY DIED TO SAVE. SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / (Names) THE GULF WAR / SGT DONALD BRUCE KINNEAR / ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS / DIED 27TH JANUARY 1991

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