West Wemyss WW1

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Reference WMO/161684

Address:

Entrance to the former St Adrian's Kirk

Church Road

West Wemyss

KY1 4SR

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A shrine constructed in sandstone across what appears to have originally been the entrance gateway to the old kirk. The flanking pillars bear the date 1703 which is presumably the date of the construction of the kirk itself. The memorial has three bronze tablets bearing the commemoration and names of the dead, with a shield and lion rampant carved in the sandstone above, and a wreath and the words 'PRO PATRIA' in bronze beneath. Cast iron railings surround the frontage of the memorial. According to the Historic Scotland listing there is a WW2 memorial inside the former Church- WMO/301527' a physical visit is required. There are a total of 22 names
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Dedication Plaque-THIS MONUMENT/RECORDING THEIR NAMES/IS DEDICATED TO/THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO WENT OUT FROM/THE BURGH OF BARONY/OF WESTER WEMYSS /IN THE GREAT WAR /1914 - 1918/AND GAVE THEIR LIVES /IN DEFENCE OF /TRUTH AND FREEDOM/ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS Left Hand Side Plaque-[ the fallen to 15 January 1917] Right Hand Side Plaque-[the fallen from 21 April 1917]

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