Whalsay Great War Memorial

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Whalsay Great War Memorial is erected in the kirkyard at Whalsay Kirk. Nearby you can also see the World War II Memorial.

The Memorial has the inscription :
Erected by the people of Whalsay to commemorate their men who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
It bears the names of all all those from this district who fell in the Great War.

The names of the fallen men :

  • Henry Anderson
  • Robert W. Anderson
  • William Arthur
  • William S. Arthur
  • Edward Barclay
  • Robert J. Barclay
  • Robert W. Gilbertson
  • Charles C. Gilbertson
  • John Hutchison
  • Peter Hutchison
  • William J. Hutchison
  • Laurence B. Hutchison
  • Joseph Kay
  • Walter Leask
  • William D. Leask
  • Laurence Polson
  • William Polson
  • Laurence Rendall
  • George Robertson
  • Magnus Shearer
  • John Stewart
  • William Smith
  • James S. Wishart
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