Memorial to William Young: detail
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Memorial to William Young: detail
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 28 Oct 2011
For the whole structure, see Image William Young was from Stevenston (Image) in North Ayrshire. He trained as a sculptor in Greenock, and some of his work appears in that town's own cemetery (see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Greenock-Cemetery for an article about Greenock Cemetery). After spending some time in Australia, William Young moved, in about 1857, to Dumbarton; he died there on the 15th of May, 1882, aged 54. The memorial has a human-sized warning angel (this gives some indication of the monument's overall size), with a bronze medallion likeness of Mr Young above it.
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Image Location
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55.951616
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