Daviot War Memorial - Aberdeenshire, Scotland. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The village of Daviot lies four miles to the north of the town of Inverurie and twenty miles north-west of the city of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland. The parish church is in the centre of the village and at the entrance on the west side, facing the road, is the parish war memorial, unveiled in 1920.

It is around twelve feet tall and is a granite tapering, rectangular obelisk on a shallow two-step plinth, surmounted by small round-ended Latin cross. The west face contains the inscription, plus nine names from WWI, with the north face containing six names added from WWII. The inscription on the west face reads as follows:

'IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM DAVIOT PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918-
LIEUT. WILLIAM ANDERSON. SCOTTISH HORSE:
LIEUT. JACK R.L. MACKENZIE. SEAFORTHS:
CNr JOHN ROUGH:
PTE. JAMES MARSHALL. GORDONS:
PTE. JAMES GRANT. GORDONS:
PTE. WILLIAM F. CHRISTIE. H.L.I.:
PTE. WILLIAM BEATTIE. SEAFORTHS:
PTE. ALEX. INGLIS. GORDONS:
PTE. ALEX. FORBES. GORDONS.

THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE'

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Unknown Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Daviot Parish Church Kirkstyle Daviot, Aberdeenshire Scotland AB51 0GY Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: no Website for this Monument: Not listed

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