Lochend and North Roe Great War Memorial

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Memorial Details
Location: North Roe
Structure: Stone pinacle
Date Unveiled:
War: World War 1
Names on Memorial: 12
OS Map Reference: HU360880
UKNIWM No.: 8863

Lochend and North Roe Great War Memorial is erected in North Roe.
The front side is decorated with crossed guns, and bears the name of the fallen army men.
The base on this side has the inscription :
Erected in memory of the men of Lochend and North Roe who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918
One of the other sides is decorated with a Navy Emblem, and bears the names of the fallen navy men.
This side has the inscription :
Ever shall thoughts of your victorious strife
stir Shetland's sons to greater, grander life





The Names of the fallen Army men

  • Robert A. Bruce
  • J. Oswald Haldane
  • Gifford A. Johnson
  • Peter J. Inkster
  • Gideon A. Peterson
  • Edward S. Pitblado


The Names of the fallen Navy men

  • Walter C. Brown
  • James Clark
  • George P. Moncrieff
  • William P. C. Moncrief
  • Charles J. Angus
  • Andrew Johnston
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