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Ratho
Town or City: Ratho
County: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM3321
Value of grant: £3450.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund
Year: 2015
UKNIWM reference number: 53720
The category B listed memorial consists of a carved stone Celtic cross with incised inscription surmounting on a three-stepped tapered plinth with flanking tapered stones raised on a two-stepped base. The memorial is located at the junction of Baird Road and Freelands way.
In 2015 a grant of £35,190 was offered to eight different war memorials in Edinburgh for repair and conservation works. Following completion of the works in 2016 a grant of £27,600 was awarded as costs were lower than anticipated. This Showcase shows the grant paid for each grant as an eighth of the total cost, £3,450.
The works to Ratho war memorial dealt with biological growth and soiling on the memorial which was making the inscription difficult to read. To address this issue the memorial was appropriate cleaned with low pressure steam.
Unfortunately little is known about the history of the memorial.
The main inscription reads:
“Sacred
to the
memory
of Officers
and men of
Ratho
who fell in
the Great War
1914-1918”
“Lest we forget
those who laid
down their lives
that we might live”
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3321
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 53720
War Memorials Online: 149744
Further details of all the memorials which formed part of this project can be found by clicking the links below:
- Ratho (WM3321)
- Slateford (WM4159)
- Dalmeny (WM5189)
- Royal Scots Greys (WM7565)
- Duddingston (WM8854)
- Cannongate (WM9280)
- Newhaven (WM9281)
- South Queensferry (WM9282)
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
