Marykirk War Memorial - Luthermuir, Aberdeenshire.
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Stone slab of red granite, commemorating the men of the parish of Marykirk, situated in a rural location just off the A90 road in eastern Scotland.
Waymark Code: WM129RB
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/08/2020
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The parish of Marykirk which features the village of the same name, was situated in the old county of Kincardineshire, now the southern part of Aberdeenshire, close to the border with the county of Angus, in eastern Scotland. The war memorial, unveiled in 1921, is situated just under two miles to the north-west of the village, near the small settlement of Luthermuir on the B974 road a few yards from the turn off on the A90 dual-carriageway.
The memorial is a large red granite stone slab, placed on a stone base and facing westwards towards the roadside, and set within a garden area, reached by a gravel pathway. The stone features a Celtic bass-relief and a large bronze plaque containing 40 names with rank and date of death. The inscriptions read as follows:
'TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF MEN FROM MARYKIRK WHO FELL ON ACTIVE SERVICE 1914-19
1914
Ronald Francis Simson - Lieut. R.F.A - 14th September
1915
James Watson - Pte. Scots Guards - 25th January
John William Ingram - Cpl. Canadians - 23rd April
William Eaton - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 13th June
1916
Adam Kesson - Pte. Gordon Hrs. 8th April
Joseph Mathers - Pte. Canadians - 3rd June
Edward Strachan - Pte. Canadians - 3rd June
David C. Low - Lieut. Gordon Hrs. - 18th July
William McRae - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 1st August
James Falconer - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 5th September
George C. Webster - Pte. Black Watch - 8th September
George Smith - Pte. Canadians - 1st October
George Dutch - Pte. Black Watch - 14th October
Andrew Gove - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 14th November
Edward Paull - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 25th November
1917
John Taylor - L.Cpl. Gordon Hrs. - 9th January
Walter Alexander - Cpl. Gordon Hrs. - 14th February
James Freeman - Pte. Canadians - 26th February
Robert R. Norrie - CSM Gordon Hrs. - 23rd April
Arthur R. Tailzour Shepherd - Pte. O. & B.L.I. - 9th May
David Gibb - Pte. Royal Scots - 20th June
James McWilliam - Pte. Canadians - 22nd June
George McWilliam - L.Cpl. Australians - 8th July
George Scott - Pte. New Zealand Rif. Brig. - 12th October
Charles Stewart - Pte. K.O.S.B. - 12th October
John Carnie - Seaforth Hrs. - 5th November
James W. Milne - Pte. Black Watch - 6th November
Robert Wishart - Sergt. R.F.A. - 3rd December
Joseph Wishart - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 4th December
1918
Albert Wishart - Cpl. Gordon Hrs. - 23rd March
William Bruce - Pte. Black Watch - 31st March
Charles Wallace - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 9th April
John T. McWilliam - Cpl. Australians - 28th April
George Gammack - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 15th June
John Melville Carnegie - Sapr. R.A. - 22nd June
Andrew Dutch - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 10th July
Frank Kirkland - Pte. Gordon Hrs. - 1st August
Arthur Kemp - Pte. Black Watch - 18th October
Thomas R. Gibb - Air Mech. R.A.F. - 30th November
John W. Wishart - Cpl. Gordon Hrs. 24th December
"MAY WE BE WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE"'
A further plaque was added underneath with 11 names from World War II.