Balmoral Estate Workers (WW1) and Crathie Community (WW2)

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Reference WMO/207216

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Opposite entrance to Balmoral Castle

B976

Balmoral Estates

Ballater

AB35 5TB

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The War Memorial standing opposite the gates to Balmoral Castle, on South Deeside Road, commemorates all the former Estate workers who lost their lives during both World War I and II and to the people of Crathie. It was designed by Dr William Kelly and sculptured by Sir James Taggart. A large upright slim rectangular block has a decorated cross within it. On one side of the cross is an inverted sword and the other side the letter AD and 1914-1918. This surmounts a long rectangular base onto which the names are inlaid as well as a number of swastikas are carved. A small plaque beside the memorial informs the public that the memorial was unveiled by King George V on 3 September 1922. The names of men from the Parish of Crathie who were killed in World War II were added later to the base. It also states that the swastika was a symbol from Sanskrit for the sun, denoting well-being, fortune or luck. The symbol had no sinister meaning at the time the memorial was designed. SWMP Link for names. Unable to place the location pin precisely as Google street view is disabled presumably for security reasons.
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CROSS: A.D. / 1914 / 1919 / (Names) PLAQUE: THE BALMORAL WAR MEMORIAL / HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V UNVEILED THIS MEMORIAL ON/ 3RD SEPTEMBER 1922 AND DEDICATED IT IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN FROM THE ESTATES IN THE AREA WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR. / THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THE CRATHIE PARISH WHO WERE / KILLED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WERE ADDED TO THE BASE. / THE MEMORIAL IS BUILT OF THE SAME GRANITE AS BALMORAL / CASTLE. IT WAS DESIGNED BY DR W KELLY, WHO SPECIALISED / IN CELTIC CROSSES AND WAS SCULPTURED BY SIR JAMES TAGGART. / THE SWASTIKA WAS A SYMBOL OF WIDESPREAD ANCIENT USAGE / ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUN AND ITS NAME IS FROM SANSKRIT / DENOTING WELL BEING, FORTUNE, LUCK. THE SYMBOL APPEARED / ON THE BUILDINGS AND TITLE PAGES OF MANY OF RUDYARD KIPLINGS / WORKS. THE SYMBOL HAD NO SINISTER ASSOCIATIONS AT THE TIME / THE MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED.

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