Burray War Memorial

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Reference WMO/175996

Address:

Burray Church Yard

Orkney Islands

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Grey granite memorial with lead lettering affixed and painted black, in three parts: upper two levels polished, with lettering and simple carving; lower level unpolished. Surmounted by unpolished grey granite obelisk with relief carvings of a cap, two rifles and a wreath. Pedestal a single level of concrete. Rests on a small concrete base within cemetery.
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ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BURRAY IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE ISLEMEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918.

ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF BURRAY IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE ISLEMEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918.CPL JOHN W PARK A.I.F. DIED OF WOUNDS 15.6.15 AGED 29 BURIED AT EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY GEORGE PETRIE R.N.R. (T) LOST AT SEA 22-6-16. AGE 32 ALEXANDER LAIRD R.N.R. DIED AT HASLAR HOSPITAL. 7-7-16. AGE 29. JAMES COPLAND R.N.R. (T) LOST AT SEA 7-7-17 AGE 19. PETER S. DUNCAN SEAFORTHS MISSING AT YPRES. 22-8-17 AGE 20. JAMES K. BRUCE LAB CORPS DIED AT CROMARTY HOSPITAL 2-9-17. AGE 26. ALEXANDER M. PARK R.F. AUX. DIED AT CHATHAM HOSPITAL. 22-9-17. AGE 39. DAVID B. LAIRD LAB. CORPS. DIED 6-2-18. AGE 35. JOHN OSBORNE SEAFORTHS DIED P.O.W. IN GERMANY. 22-3-18. AGE 23. JOHN K. ALLAN SEAFORTHS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 24-3-18 AGE 31. PETER ALLAN SEAFORTHS MISSING IN FRANCE 11-4-18. AGE 30. THOMAS ALLAN DIED ON H.M.H.S. KAPAPARA 12-7-18. AGE 25 JOHN R. WOOLDRAGE SEAFORTHS MISSING IN FRANCE 1-9-18. AGE 34 ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 NORMAN D. BRUCE R.N.R. LOST 5-1-40. AGE 23. ALISTER STC. DUNCAN M.N. LOST 2-8-40. AGE 28. JAMES WILLIAM PARK R.N.R. LOST 21.6.40. AGE 25 WILLIAM MILLS R.N. DIED 3-2-42. AGE 27. ALEXR DUNCAN PARK DROWNED 27-11-44. AGE 31

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