North Nesting War Memorial

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North Nesting War Memorial is erected on a little hillock near the road, not far from Brettabister.
On the front, it has the inscription :
In everlasting rememberance of the men from North Nesting who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Above is listed the men who fell in World War I.
On one of the sides is later added the names of the men who fell in World War II.

The Names of the fallen men in WW I

Thomas Anderson Robert John Anderson Robert Arthur Hugh Morrison Johnson

Thomas Pole Francis Pottinger William Robertson

The Names of the fallen men in WW II

Gifford Thomas Grey Henry William Hunter

Alexander Hughson

See also :

Roll of Honour - North nesting page with information about the fallen men