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Twechar
Town or City: Twechar
County: Dunbartonshire
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM9615
Value of grant: £2030.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund
Year: 2017
UKNIWM reference number: 57914
The war memorial consists of a granite rough hewn Celtic cross with carved sword surmounting a tapered plinth with inset inscription panels. The memorial is raised from ground level of a tampering granite block base. The memorial is located within its own garden area off Twechar Main Street.
In 2017 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £2,030 for conservation and repair works. The memorial had a build-up of soiling and this along with damaged lead lettering and a deteriorating paint finish was making the inscription more difficult to read. In addition the memorial had a number of cracked construction joints. The grant funding has assisted with works to clean the memorial, repair and re-paint the lettering as well as re-pointing with a lime mortar.
The memorial was unveiled to the community of the mining village by Captain William Buchanan, MC General Manager to Messrs William Baird & Company Ltd on Sunday 11th December 1920.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM9615
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 57914
War Memorials Online: 198887
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
