Balmaclellan-Obelisk

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Reference WMO/165408

Address:

A712, in a layby at the east end of the village

Balmaclellan

DG7 3QF

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Obelisk on plinth with two-stepped base and adjoining hard standing. Note that the 1925 date for one of the WW1 casualties is correct.
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6 o'clock face: TO THE MEMORY OF/ BRAVE MEN OF BALMACLELLAN/ WHO FELL DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "THEY FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT" 3 and 12 o'clock faces: (Names) 9 o'clock face: IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ 6 MAY 1945/WHO FELL IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945

WW1 names- PT GEO BELL AIF 25 APR 1915/ PT D PATERSON AIF 12 MAY 1915/ CPL R H BAIRD RSF 12 MAY 1916/ SAPr A McADAM RE 21 JULY 1916/ PT J BROWN A&SH 28 AUG 1916/ GUNr A CAMPBELL RFA 1 SEPT 1916/ PT A M WALKER RSF 12 OCT 1916/ PT J T SHAW LS 16 APR 1917/ PT W DUNBAR KOSB 23 APR 1917/ LCPL A J STEVENSON RS 31 JULY 1917/ 2 LT J MURRAY KOSB 16 AUG 1917/ L CPL J T LITTLE CH 22 SEP 1917/ SGT G M McKIE CMR 27 OCT 1917/ L CPL R CORRIE HLI 2 DEC 1917/ PT J WRIGHT RSF 31 DEC 1917/ PT S T McKIE MGC 25 MAR 1918/ L CPL G H BUCK MM SR 22 JUL 1918/ SGT S DALZIEL MM KOSB 30 SEP 1918/ PT M B HYSLOP RMA 25 OCT 1918/ PT W CAMPBELL GH 27 APR 1925/ WW2 names- IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ L CPL J O'NEILL GH 29 JAN 1941/ F/O A McDONALD RAF 29 OCT 1943/ RFLm T W CORRIE MM C(s.r.) 15 DEC 1944/ PT J FINLAY MM KOSB 8 APR 1945/ LT N SHEPLEY-SHEPLEY 3rd CARABINIERS 6 MAY 1945

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