Giffnock

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Reference WMO/218167

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2 Greenhill Avenue

Giffnock

G46 6QX

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A freestone cenotaph with a simple cross carved on the upper face, set on two low steps and flanked by a curving wall at rear. The commemoration and names of the WW1 dead are on a bronze tablet set on to the face of the cenotaph. The names of the WW2 dead are listed on two bronze tablets set on the face of the rear wall on either side of the cenotaph. There is also a bronze wreath and draped colours on the face above the WW1 tablet.
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In the Stonework-1914-1919/1939-1945; Central Plaque-IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/GIFFNOCK WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1919/[names in 3 columns]/"THEY GAVE THEIR YOUTH THAT THE WORLD MIGHT GROW OLD IN PEACE"; The 2 side plaques- [WW2 names in 3 columns on each plaque]

WW1 plaque- Column 1- Robertson T Anderson/ George Beattie/ David Willis Binnie/ James Brown/ John S Brown/ John G L Caird/ William Weir Cranston/ Bertie Cumming/ Arthur B Finlinson/ Robert Gibson/ George Grainger/ Jack Gray/ David Haye; Column 2- John Leslie Gray/ Dwyck Guthrie/ Douglas W Haldane/ Robert L Haldane/ Charles Stuart Hall/ John D Kennedy/ David Leed/ William J Lindsay/ William S McCall/ James S MacGregor/ James MacGregor/ Ninian McLachlan/ Fred Ross Munro; Column 3- Ronald C Murray/ Wallace C Paterson/ Ralph R Scott/ Robert Scott/ R Shirley Scott/ William Peach Scott/ Herbert M Shearer/ Thomas Toshack/ David Steel Walker/ Thomas White/ John Wilson/ David Young; WW2 Left Hand Plaque- Column 1- Aitken Alexander/ Allison James M/ Anderson Dean/ Anderson Gordon/ Anderson Norman McL/ Andrew John G/ Angus James/ Archibald Harry G/ Baser Wylie/ Bissett William/ Bissett William S/ Black William McM/ Blair David/ Blythe Joe/ Bolden Stanley/ Brechin William A/ Bremner William B/ Britton William W/ Brough Peter B/ Burgoyne Richard D/ Calder Alexander A/ Cameron William J/ Carswell James A; Column 2- Castle Colin E P/ Castle Eric A/ Cattan James/ Cleland G B/ Clugston John/ Conway Hugh/ Cooper Douglas/ Craig Robert S C/ Cruickshanks Ian/ Cruickshanks John M/ Cruickshank T M/ Cumming Gordon/ Currie William/ Dalziel William McI/ Davitt James F/ Dick David A/ Dickens Roy S/ Dobie William/ Donaldson John R R/ Douglas Kenneth R/ Dunlop Adam/ Eaglesham Andrew/ Elder John; Column 3- Fenwick Stanley R/ Forrest J G S/ Gillies Donald A/ Gow Iain F/ Graham Thomas/ Grant William McL/ Gray William J/ Griffiths Arthur R/ Guthrie Graham A/ Hamilton R L/ Hanney R B/ Hood Maurice J/ Hall Robert/ Jarron John B/ Kerr George T/ Kilgour Robert/ Knox Eric/ Knox John S/ Lamont John G/ Ledingham John E/ Leitch Angus/ Leslie James G/ Letton Sydney; Right Hand WW2 Plaque- Column 1- Linn William S/ Logan Gavin R/ McCaughey Peter S/ McCullough John W/ McCullough Peter A/ MacDonald Ian/ McFarlan William S/ McKendrick Maurice G/ MacLachlan Douglas/ McLoughlin David P/ MacLean Ian D/ MacLean Robert/ McMillan/ McNamara John/ McNaughton Douglas/ MacPherson Alexander N/ McVie William A/ Markham Charles W/ Manney Douglas W/ Maxton James/ Miller Kenneth A W/ Milligan James M/ Mitchell David C; Column 2- Morrison Charles/ Morrison Hugh G/ Murray Kenneth B/ Neilson Joseph/ Niven John/ Paterson Andrew P/ Paterson John W/ Paton George C/ Pearse Frederick A/ Peat Norman F/ Peddie Andrew L/ Pedersen Niels R/ Pediani Joseph/ Petrie Jas. S/ Prentice James/ Raeside William/ Reeve Cecil J/ Richards Leonard T/ Rolland Harley/ Russell Thomas W/ Sayers John M/ Scott Walter/ Smellie James; Column 3- Steele A G/ Strachan James McN/ Stewart James/ Taylor John D/ Taylor John M/ Taylor William/ Thomson Thomas G/ Thomson W C/ Valentine Edward F/ Walker Gordon B/ Walker John R/ Wallace Eric L C/ Watson John/ Weir Norman S/ White David/ White Fred/ Wilson James F/ Wilson James M/ Wood Dugald G/ Wood Douglas G/ Wylie William H/ Wyper James/ Taylor John

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