Reference WMO/207216
Address:
Opposite entrance to Balmoral Castle
B976
Balmoral Estates
Ballater
AB35 5TB
Scotland
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- Stone Stone (any)
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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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.
C(S) (Scotland)
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