Twechar and District

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Reference WMO/198887

Address:

Main Street

Twechar

G65 9QJ

Scotland

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In 2018, WMT gave a grant towards this war memorial. As it has been a number of years since the grant was given, we would like an up-to-date condition survey and photographs to be added to this war memorial record. Can you help?

Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A rough hewn Celtic cross set on a tapering plinth, block and stone block base. The lettering is on three sides of the plinth in black and the whole has a paved and gravel surround. An inverted sword is carved on the front face of the cross.
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6 o'clock face: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/ TWECHAR AND DISTRICT/ IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN HEROES/ 1914-1918 (27 Names including those on the 12 o'clock face)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" ;3 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN HEROES/ IN THE WAR 1939-1945/ (7 Names); 12 o'clock face: (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

WW1 6 o'clock face- LIEUT. JOHN EWART DEANS R.N.R./ LIEUT. ROBERT S. HORNE A.&S.H./ Q.M.S. ROBERT SCOTT S. HRS./ SGT. PETER McEACHRAN S. HRS/ SGT. THOMAS STEVENSON S. HRS/ L.CPL. FRANK McLELLAN G.HRS./ L.CPL. WM.N. JOHNSTONE R.S.F./ PTE. CHARLES BARRETT A.&S.H./ PTE. DANIEL COMRIE A.&S.H./ PTE. JAMES CREE A.&S.H./ PTE. EDWARD DIFFER A.&S.H./ PTE. WILLIAM DITTY A.&S.H./ WW1 12 o'clock face- PTE. BEN DOCHERTY A.&S.H./ PTE. DAVID REID A.&S.H./ PTE. ROBERT WILSON A.&S.H./ PTE. WILLIAM NEAVES G. HRS./ PTE. ANDREW DAVIDSON S. HRS/ PTE. MATTHEW GUNNIES S. HRS/ PTE. DENNIS LYONS S. HRS/ PTE. DAVID ROBERTSON S. HRS/ PTE. JOSEPH STEVENSON S. HRS/ PTE. HUGH YOUNG S. HRS/ PTE. DANIEL BURNS H.L.I./ PTE. ALEXANDER MUIR K.O.S.B./ PTE. WILLIAM CLENNACHAN DORSETS/ PTE. DAVID GIBSON R.I.R./ PTE. JOHN LAW CANADIANS/ WW2- PTE. WILLIAM LYNN, A.&S.H./ PTE. JOHN TAYLOR, A.&S.H./ PTE, SAMUEL SHAW, A.&S.H./ TPR. WALTER CURRIE, R.A.C/ L/CPL. JOSEPH THOMSON, A.&S.H./ O/S. WILLIAM ANDERSON, RN./ F/SGT. DAVID CHALMERS, D.E.M., R.A.F.

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