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Crook of Devon Cairn

Town or City: Kinross
County: Clackmannanshire
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM1939

Value of grant: £20.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2007

UKNIWM reference number: 000000

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Crook of Devon Cairn © Mrs J King, 2007The Crook of Devon Institute is a village hall serving the four villages of Powmill, Rumbling Bridge, Drum and Crook of Devon (the largest) which constitute the Parish of Fossoway. The population is around 1,000 and the Institute was built in 1911. In 2004 a major refurbishment of the hall was undertaken. Following that work the Institute undertook to improve the two war memorials associated with the Institute which were erected following public scubcription in 1920.

Outside the Institute stands a war memorial cairn dedicated to those who died in the Great War. The lettering has become faded and required re-painting.

War Memorials Trust awarded a grant of £20 towards the conservation work. The project was in conjunction with conservation work on a plaque inside the Institute (WM1939). Details of the grant offer were reported in the local paper The Courier and Advertiser.

The cairn records an inscription and the names of 18 men of the area who fell:

In memory of those who fell

John Anderson
Thomas James Watters Blyth
John McCulloch Duncan
Donald Scott Ellis
Thomas Fullarton
Archibald Macdonald
Robert Macdonald
Alexander McGregor
William Marshall
James C McNaught
David M McNaught
James Miller
Lord Charles Mercer Nairne
Charles Nicol
William Scott-Moncrieff
William James Shearer
William Wilkie
James Wyness

Further details on some of the fallen include:

Brigadier General William Scott-Moncrieff of the 156th Brigade Lowland Division lies in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery in Turkey. He was first commissioned in May 1878 and served in Zulu War and Boer War. Wounded at Spion Kop he came out of retirement in 1914 and fell on the 28th June 1915 aged 57 whilst assaulting Turkish positions in the Gallipoli campaign.

Lord Charles Mercer Nairne who died on 30 October 1914 whilst serving with 1st (Royal) Dragoons and who lies in Ypres Town cemetery. Lord Charles came from a distinguished family. His father Henry Charles Keith, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne served as Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Foreign Secretary. He was also involved in negotiating the Entente Cordiale with France in 1904 which led to his son’s presence in France in 1914 aged 40. Lord Charles had a distinguished career of his own. He was equerry to George V between 1910 and 1914, fought in the Boer War and served as Aide-de-Camp to Field Marshal Earl Roberts on occasion.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1939
UK National Inventory of War Memorials:

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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