North Unst War Memorial - Norwick

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Memorial Details
Location:	Norwick Kirkyard, Unst
Structure:	Square stone column with Celtic cross
Date Unveiled:	-
War:	World War 1 & World War 2
Names on Memorial:	World War 1 - 17 World War 2 - 7
OS Map Reference:	HP652141
UKNIWM No.:	8846

North Unst War Memorial is erected in the Kirkyard in Norwick.
It is a square stone column with a Celtic Cross on the top.
The head inscription reads :
Erected in grateful memory of the men of this Parish who gave their lives for us in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Their names liveth forever.
Below and on two of the sides is listed the names of all the men who fell in the first World War.
Later, the names of those who fell in the second World War is added on the backside.
On the front base of the memorial is the inscription : Greater love hath no man than this ; That a man lay down his life for his friends.

The names of the fallen men in WW I

William Bruce William H. Bruce James T. Edwardson James J. Henderson William Henderson William Hughson	John H. Johnson Robert D Laurenson Laurence Nicolson John P. Priest Magnus S. Priest William Spence	John T. Sticle Charles Sutherland Andrew T. Sutherland James Thomson Magnus B. Thomson

The Names of the fallen men in WW II

James M. Abernethy Peter Edwardson James J. Henderson Anthony Laurenson	Thomas S. Priest Archibald Thomson Charles Thomson

Pictures from the unveiling of the World War II Memorial

Parade to the unveiling of the WW II Memorial
photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

Commerative Service prior to unveiling of War Memorial 1939 - 45, at Norwick. H.W.L. Hunter in foreground, with local Church of Scotland & Methodist Ministers.
Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.