Culter War Memorial - Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland.
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N 57° 05.916 W 002° 16.575
30V E 543849 N 6328594
Tall rustic crenellated tower on a hillock, situated on the western edge of the town of Peterculter, eight miles to the west of the city of Aberdeen.
Waymark Code: WM11KCY
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/06/2019
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The town of Peterculter and the district of Culter (pronounced cooter) lie on the extreme western edge of the city of Aberdeen in north-eastern Scotland. The memorial to the men of the district who fell in World War I is situated on top of a hillock on the western edge of the town on the southern side of the main A93 road that runs through the town.
Unveiled and dedicated on October 3rd 1920, it takes the form of a tall rustic tower, tapering to a crenellated top. Four grey granite tablets adorn each of the four faces of the tower, the tablet on the northern face carries the inscription:
'THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918'
The tablet on the eastern face contains 32 names and rank, and the tablet on the western face contains 36 names and rank. The tablet on the southern face was unveiled in 1949, and contains 29 names and rank of those who fell in World War II.
The memorial is signposted from the A93 North Deeside Road and is reached from a pathway slanting up the eastern side of the hill.
East face names:
Pte. Geo. Arthur
Pte. Alex. Beattie
Pte. Duncan Bisset
Pte. Harry Bissett
Pte. A.J. Caie
A.B. J.M. Cowie
Pte. A.S. Crichton
Pte. W.M. Crichton
Pte. C.A. Cumming
Pte. Geo. Davidson
Pte. John Donald
Pte. Ben Dunbar
Lt.Cpl. C.L. Duncan
Cpl. James Duncan
Pte. Percy Edwards
R.S.M. Alex Ewen
Pte. Geo. Farquhar
Pte. C.E. Gibb
Sgt. W.B. Gill
Stoker J.E.C. Gordon
Pte W.L. Gray
Pte. Alex. Hardie
Pte. A.C.F. Harper
Pte. C.H. Harper
Pte. G.A. Henderson
C.S.M. J.W. Humphries
Sgt. John Leonard
Capt. Wm. Leslie
L.Sgt. Hugh Lorimer
Cpl. Peter Low
West face names:
Cpl. Alex. Mackie
Pte. Alex Mann
Eng. James Mann
Pte. W.G. Marshall
Pte. James McAllan
Pte. John McDonald
Pte. Walter McDonald
Stoker A.J. McPherson
Pte. L.A. Mennie
Pte. J.A. Michie
Pte. W.C. Michie
Pte. Keith Mitchell
Gunner C.B. Morgan
Pte. Chas. Morton
Staff Sgt. J.A. Mennie
A.B. Albert Nichol
L.Cpl. Chas. Pirie
Pte. A.B.F. Reid
Sec.Lieut. J.D. Rennie
Pte. Frank Ross
Pte. W.B. Scott
Pte. A.F. Shepherd
Sgt. John Shepherd
Sec.Lieut. Ian Skene
Pte. Joseph Skene
L.Cpl. Alex. Smith
Pte. D.B. Smith
R.F.L.M. F.K. Smith
Pte. Robert Smith
Lieut. J.C. Stewart
Pte. James Stuart
Pte. Wm. Stuart
Pte. Geo. Thain
Pte. Wm. Urquhart
Pte. Peter Watt