Colvend Cross

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Reference WMO/167107

Address:

Colvend Parish Church

Colvend

DG4 4QN

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Celtic Cross with knot work design placed on a pedestal. on the 4 sides of which there are inscriptions. Pedestal on a one step base, surrounded on 4 sides by a low stone enclosure.
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Inscription on 4 sides of pedestal: 1)"THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE" 2) IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF COLVEND,/ WHO NOBLY GAVE THEIR LIVES,/ BY LAND AND SEA,/ IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM./ 1914-1918 3) (Names) 4) ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS/ OF COLVEND/ 1920

Duncan George Pte RFA 20th August 1920 Bie Robert Master Mariner 12th June 1918 Brown Thomas Pte 17th HLI 8th June 1918 Candlish Charles Bie Master Mariner November 1918 Cannon John Pte Second RSF 12 October 1918 Cannon Robert Pte 2nd Gord Hig (rs) 10 October 1917 Chalmers Archibald Douglas Lieut A and SH 9th December 1918 Corrie Robert L Corp HLI 2nd December 1917 Cumming Henry Master Mariner 23rd January 1918 Edwards John Pte 7th RSF 22nd August 1917 Glover Alexander MT Lieut KOSB Att RFC 17th August 1917 Gowans David Pte R. Inns. Fus. 4th April 1918 Grieve James Ross Major MC RFA 4th April 1918 Grieve William Percival 2nd Lieut 3rd Middx 14th February 1915 Handley James Alex Corpl 17th Kings L'Pool 30th July 1916 Hyslop William Pte 14th HLI 22nd October 1917 Milroy James Pte RCD 2nd December 1917 Thomson David Pte 1st 7th WYR 18th April 1918 Kirkland Thomas 1st CL Petty Officer RNR September 1914 Mason Robert C Sergt Maj 5th Aust. IF 23rd August 1918 Maxwell Samuel Pte KOSB 3rd May 1917 Milligan John Pte RSF 12th October 1916 Murdogh William Pte Kings L'Pool RAF 12th October 1916 Murray William Pte KOSB 19th April 1917 McDiarmid Kenneth Captain 2nd KOSB 18th April 1915 McLellan John Pte Gord High (rs) 19th December 1915 McNeill Robert Sergt 2nd Scottish Rifles 25th July 1918 McVinnie Robert U Sapper RE 11th November 1919 Paisley James L. Corps 5th KOSB 30th November 1917 Park Hugh Gunner RFA 6th August 1915 Pool Jas. Williamson Lieut 6th Scottish Rifles 20th September 1917 Wright Robert Pte Royal High rs 18th August 1916 Young Douglas Campbell Lieut RFA 18th September 1915 Blyth James Pte KOSB 27th April 1920

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