Logie Pert War Memorial - North Craigo, Angus, Scotland.
Posted by: creg-ny-baa
N 56° 45.976 W 002° 30.656
30V E 529895 N 6291475
Granite Celtic cross memorial to the men of Logie Pert parish, situated on the roadside in the hamlet of North Craigo in northern Angus.
Waymark Code: WM14WNE
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/02/2021
Views: 1
The parish of Logie Pert covers a rural area on the north-eastern edge of the county of Angus near the east coast of Scotland. The hamlets of Logie Pert, Craigo and Logie are included in the parish, as well as a number of farms. The war memorial to the men of the parish who fell in WWI is situated on the A937 road at an apex of a junction in the hamlet of North Craigo on the eastern side of the road.
The memorial takes the form of a granite Celtic cross above a tapered pedestal on a two-stepped base within a gravelled area. Black lettering on the south face of the pedestal reads as follows:
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OFTHE MEN OF THE PARISH OF LOGIE PERT WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919'
Underneath on the base are 26 names:
ANDREW BEATTIE
GEORGE CLARK
ERNEST CLARK
DAVID COOPER
JAMES DORWARD
ADAM FORBES
THOMAS FOREMAN
GEORGE GREIG
DAVID GUTHRIE
GEORGE HOSIE
DAVID KIDD
DAVID C LOW
FRANCIS B MACFARLANE
JAMES MATHERS
PETER MATHERS
WILLIAM MELVILLE
WILLIAM MIDDLETON
FRANK POTTER
JAMES SHERIDAN
JAMES STEWART
WILLIAM STEWART
HENRY STEPHEN
JOHN STEPHEN
WILLIAM THOMSON
JAMES WILL
DAVID WILKIE
10 names were added on the western face of the base from WWII.