Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay

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Reference WMO/161214

Address:

Shore Road

At entrance to ferry terminal

Wemyss Bay

PA18 6AR

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Celtic cross with large stone base on which the main dedication is inscribed. In both directions from the base of the cross spreads a semicircular stepped stone wall on which the names from both wars are inscribed. In front of the wall is a stone step/seat that mirrors the shape of the wall. Above the main dedication is a carved laurel wreath. At the end of the wall are carved the four years of the wars with the numbers entwined.
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Base of the Cross: TO THE MEN OF SKELMORLIE AND WEMYSS BAY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918 - 1939-1945; Wall Left Stone: 1914-1918/ (names); Wall Right Stone: 1914-1918/ (names) ; Wall Far left stone 1939-1945/ (names); Wall Far Right Stone: 1939-1945/ (names); Step: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

WW1- Left hand column- PTE STUART CAMPBELL/ PTE OLIVER CURRIE/ PTE ALEXANDER DICKSON/ PTE NEIL DICKSON M.M./ PTE WILLIAM DICKSON/ PTE HENRY DOWDS/ 2/LT. HERBERT DUNN/ PTE ALEXANDER ERSKINE/ LT. MALCOLM J. H. FLEMING/ PTE JAMES GALLACHER/ 2/LT A. ARTHUR GILCHRIST/ PTE ROBERT GRAHAM/ PTE ROBERT GRANT/ PTE DAVID GREEN/ GNR HUGH HART/ Right Hand Column- GNR. JOHN HUNTER/ PTE HUGH D. JOHNSTONE/ GNR JOHN M. McCASKIE/ L/CPL JOHN MACKENZIE/ PTE RODERICK MACKENZIE/ PTE ARCHIBALD MITCHELL/ SGT THOMAS MOODIE/ PTE ROBERT MORRISON/ PTE EDWARD PATERSON/ SPR JAMES SHANNAN/ PTE JOHN STEWART/ LT JAMES STEWART/ L/CPL JOHN TROTTER/ WW2- Left hand column- PLT/O. CHARLES D. BROWN/ P/O RODERICK J. DUNNACHIE/ SMN. PETER L. DODDS/ LT/COM JAMES V. FULTON/ W/T.O. WILLIAM K. HOWIE/ LT/COM. JOHN A. LE FEVRE/ 3RD/O. JOHN D.C. NICHOLSON/ Right Hand Column- SUB LT. IAN B. GALBREATH/ LT. JAMES G. GRAY/ L/CPL. HUGH JOHNSTON/ PTE ROBERT McMASTER/ PTE JOHN McLAY/ CAPT. DONALD C. NAPIER/ PTE ANDREW D. PAIRMAN/ LT. DESMOND V. WILKINSON/

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