Isle of Whithorn

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Reference WMO/182882

Address:

Main Street

Isle of Whithorn

DG8 8LB

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 Granite
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Celtic style wheel cross on square plinth and three stepped base. On a knoll overlooking the harbour and the bowling green, it stands within the boundaries of the bowling green. The first name listed (Andrew Stewart) was the Minister of Isle of Whithorn church but was commissioned as an infantry officer. There is a memorial giving his story in Isle of Whithorn church
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(names)/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGE AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ 'LEST WE FORGET'/ 1939 - 1945/ (names)

WW1 Names: SEC LIEUT ANDREW STEWART MA MC NORD FUS/ DAVID ROBB CHIEF ENGNR SS KALIBIA MFA/ NATHAN BIE CHIEF OFFICER SS BRENTWOOD/ 2ND HAND JOHN McCUBBIN HMS JAMES & WALTER/ CORP ROBERT JOHNSTON KOSB/ L CORP JOHN PATERSON R SCOTS/ PTE FREDERICK NIBLOCK RSF/ PTE JAMES A McLURE A&SH/ SAPPER ALEXANDER CAIN RE/ PTE DANIEL CAIN RAMC/ AB JAMES HANNAH DRAKE BATT RND/ OS WILLIAM McROBERT RND HMS VIVID/ WW2 Names: RANDOLPH CRAWLEY/ MARTIN MAGUIRE/ JOHN McGUIRE/ ANTHONY PRINGLE/ JOHN WEAVER/

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