Abernethy

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Reference WMO/160610

Address:

Main Street

Abernethy

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This War Memorial has been mistaken as a later addition to an old Merkat Cross, but in fact, prior to the first World War, the square was dominated by the Town House, a dwelling house which the Town Council rented out at a low rent. In 1918, at the end of the War, it was tenanted by a Miss Murray and her son; the Council had, earlier that year, requested that her son move in to ensure Miss Murray paid her rent on time! At a meeting of the Town Council in December 1918, it was agreed that a committee should be formed to consider the most appropriate memorial to the soldiers and sailors who were lost in World War I. The Committee held a public meeting in April 1919 where it was unanimously decided that the Town House, should be demolished ”in order that a suitable War Memorial consisting of a Celtic Cross or Merkat Cross or other suitable erection be erected thereon”1, and that suitable alternative housing should be sought for Miss Murray and her son. Finding alternative accommodation took some time, and in the meantime the Town Council sought tenders to demolish the Town House and cart away the rubble, and engaged the services of an architect. The War Memorial was designed in the style of a Merkat Cross, and was inaugurated at Armistice Day in 1922.
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