Latitude: 56.1829 / 56°10'58"N
Longitude: -3.0184 / 3°1'6"W
OS Eastings: 336884
OS Northings: 699382
OS Grid: NT368993
Mapcode National: GBR 2G.GKTJ
Mapcode Global: WH7SN.LVWH
Plus Code: 9C8R5XMJ+5M
Entry Name: Buckhaven And Methil War Memorial, Wellesley Road, Methil
Listing Name: Methil, Wellesley Road, War Memorial
Listing Date: 17 March 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393234
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46077
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393234
Location: Buckhaven and Methil
County: Fife
Town: Buckhaven And Methil
Electoral Ward: Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Traditional County: Fife
Tagged with: War memorial
G C Campbell, circa 1920; with T Good, sculptor Edinburgh; Ruvie & Son, builder Leven. World War I war memorial of plinth and soldier statue with World War II role-of-honour added. Polished ashlar with voussoirs. 2 polygonal steps of Arbroath stone with setback railings enclose buttressed plinth with bronze plaques over small projecting pedestals (see Notes) in segmental-headed niches. Deeply moulded cornice giving way to stepped 2nd stage surmounted by pedestrian figure of uniformed Royal Highlander.
N ELEVATION: moulded plaque inscribed 'GREAT WAR/1914-1918/IN HONOURED MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD' surmounted by carved Burgh Emblem, 'THE BURGH OF BUCKHAVEN, METHIL AND INNERLEVEN/CARBON CARABESQUE'. Flanking reveals with plaques bearing names of WWII dead.
S ELEVATION: roll-of-honour WWI and WWII.
E ELEVATION: as above WWI.
W ELEVATION: as above WWI.
Unveiled on Saturday 22nd December, 1922 by Lord Wester Wemyss, with a Guard of Honour provided by the 6/7th Black Watch, the memorial is recorded as being "a labour of love" for the architect.
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