Balmaclellan War Memorial Base
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Balmaclellan War Memorial Base
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 5 Aug 2016
Balmaclellan (Scottish Gaelic: Baile MhicIllFhaolain, meaning town of the MacLellans) is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills. The war memorial is situated in a small layby at the side of the A712, above the eastern end village. The memorial is in the form of a stone obelisk on plinth with stepped base on adjoining hard standing. The inscription on the front face reads: TO THE MEMORY OF BRAVE MEN OF BALMACLELLAN WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 "THEY FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT" Two of the faces list the names of those who died during the First World War (http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/names/listing/5865 for list). The other face lists those who died during the Second World War with the inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY OF (Names) WHO FELL IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 (see http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dfsgal/Balmaclellan/blmcln-4.htm for names)
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Image Location
Latitude
55.088587
Longitude
-4.10888