DRYMEN - WW1 & WW2

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Reference WMO/68282

Address:

Main Street

Drymen

G63 0BY

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Description: Latin cross
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial is sited on the roadside at the junction of Main Street, Balmaha Road and Gartness Road. Stone cross set on a square stone plinth and 3 steps. Stone tablets set into the faces of the plinth on three sides. Lettering in black. The whole is set on a stepped stone base. The unusual dedicatory wording is adapted from that on the next of kin scroll from the government to next of kin. The WW2 tablet is set below the dedication tablet on the front face.
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Front face: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE/ INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO AT THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR/ TO THEM ENDURED HARDSHIP/ FACED DANGER AND FINALLY/ PASSED OUT OF SIGHT/ OF MEN BY THE PATH OF/ DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE/ GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT/ LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER/ SEE TO IT THAT THEIR/ NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN// (WW2 Names)/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939-1945 WORLD WAR Side two and three: (WW1 names)

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