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Grove Academy WWII
Town or City: Broughty Ferry
County: Dundee
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM11184
Value of grant: £1250.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2018
UKNIWM reference number: Unknown
Grove Academy World War II memorial is a bronze plaque with raised lettering. It is located at Grove Academy in Broughty Ferry.
In 2018, a grant of £1,250 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme supported by the First World War Memorials Programme. Works were undertaken simultaneously to this memorial and Grove Academy WWI plaque. The grant supported repair and conservation works which included cleaning of both bronze panels. Treatment was then applied to the back of both bronze plaques, and a further treatment applied to the plaques with tri-ammonium citrate to deter corrosion. The plaques were then re-patinated with 1 coat pigmented carnauba wax and 3 coats of pigmented micro-crystalline wax.
SmartWater was also applied to the war memorial as part of the In Memoriam 2014 project seeking to deter the theft of metal from war memorials.
The memorial was paid for mostly by individual subscriptions and unveiled in 1951. The makers were Charles Henshaw and Sons of Russell Road, Edinburgh.
The inscription reads:
“To the honoured memory of
the boys of this school
who gave their lives in the
World War
1939 1945”
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM11184
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 000000
War Memorials Online: 257155
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
