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Latitude: 55.851 / 55°51'3"N
Longitude: -3.2046 / 3°12'16"W
OS Eastings: 324679
OS Northings: 662631
OS Grid: NT246626
Mapcode National: GBR 602S.0F
Mapcode Global: WH6T5.R65D
Plus Code: 9C7RVQ2W+95
Entry Name: War Memorial, Glencorse Parish Church, Glencorse
Listing Name: Glencorse Parish Church, War Memorial
Listing Date: 22 March 2001
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395087
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47753
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200395087
Location: Glencorse
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian West
Parish: Glencorse
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: War memorial
Earlier 20th century. Stepped obelisk with tapering arched top. Portland stone, moulded angles on monolith. Bronze sepulchral plaques.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2 steps leading to memorial: stepped base with bronze World War II plaque, stone above inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE PARISHONERS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE; scrolled bronze name plaque with cherub surmounting attached to main shaft, plaques with lion's head surmounting to each return; bronze Laurel wreath decoration to top.
Erected in the earlier part of the 20th Century, the memorial commemorates the 34 men of the parish of Glencorse who lost their lives in World War I. The winged angel head was intended to signify the Resurrection sent to collect the souls of the Blessed. The memorial is sited adjacent to Glencorse Parish Church (listed separately) and part of the new Glencorse Army Camp.
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