HELMSDALE

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Reference WMO/80010

Address:

Old Telford Bridge

South Side

Helmsdale

KW8 6HT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Clock tower
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial is a square grey stone clock tower with some small interior rooms. The tower is buttressed at the corners and the clock faces are white with Roman numerals. It overlooks the little harbour, which was established to provide a home and living for crofters driven off the land by the Duke of Sutherland in the Highland Clearances.
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WW1 TABLET: THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WW1 TABLET: 1939-1945 / ALSO TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR / (NAMES) ADDITIONAL PLAQUE: THIS MONUMENT WAS RENOVATED IN THE YEAR 2000 / WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: / THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL / CAITHNESS AND SUTHERLAND ENTERPRISE, AND / THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND OTHER / DONORS THROUGH THE HELMSDALE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, / INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NUTTING FAMILY, / AND THEIR FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES IN MEMORY OF / SIR ANTHONY NUTTING BT PC OF ACHENTOUL / AND HIS TWO BROTHERS / CAPTAIN JOHN VICTOR FRANCIS NUTTING, ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / AND / CAPTAIN EDWARD CHRISTIAN FREDERICK NUTTING, ROYAL HORSE GUARDS / WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

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LB7196

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