Old Meldrum War Memorial

Old Meldrum War Memorial

Location

The Oldmeldrum war memorial stands in front of Meldrum Parish Church, Kirk Brae, facing towards the northeast.
Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire

Description

A kilted soldier type, light coloured stone war memorial almost identical to the one at Portsoy except for this one having a smooth dressed pediment. It commemorates the dead of both World War I & II. It is rectangular with a splayed base standing on a two-stepped plinth. It is surmounted with the statue of a kilted soldier with a Glengary bonnet, standing head bowed and holding an inverted rifle.

Era

1900s

Categories

Iconography

  • human figure
  • laurel wreath

Photographer

  • Stanley Bruce

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