The Peterhead War Memorial, View to Peterhead War Memorial - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson

Peterhead

War Memorial

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

The Peterhead, Stonehaven War Memorial

The monument was unveiled on Sunday 6th August 1922, the memorial commemorates the residents of Peterhead who were killed in the Great War (First World War) World War I.
The memorial, built of granite from the Peterhead quarry, takes the form of a obelisk resting on steps and a landing rises to a height of 40 feet.
The World War II (Second World War) memorial forms the gate piers in to the church yard.

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Photograph's in gallery by Graeme Watson
(All photos in gallery are from a camera phone,
the quality varies depending on weather conditions. (no flashes were used).)

Peterhead War Memorial

Peterhead War Memorial

Gordon Highlanders 1914

Gordon Highlanders 1914
George Sutherland, aged 16, top left, one of the two young soliders
in the photograph who survived the Great War.

Peterhead, Stonehaven War Memorial: Gallery 1 of 2


[Picture: Peterhead War Memorial, Postcard - Courtesy of Carolyn Morrisey]

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