Cranstoun War Memorial
Posted in War Memorials at 21:22 on 12 September 2013
Acording to the Scottish War Memorials Project this is the War Memorial for Cranstoun and Pathhead.
It lies apparently in the middle of nowhere at the junction of the A 68 and A 6093 just north of Pathhead, East Lothian.
The front bears the First World War names. On the sides are the names for WW2.
This side – unusually for a War Memorial – bears the name of a woman, Lucy Walker.
Tags: Cranstoun, East Lothian, First World War, Pathhead, Second World War, the Great War, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
Barbara Somerville
11 November 2014 at 14:36
I have been trying to find out the story of Lucy Walker. I pass this memorial most days and I have always wondered about her. There is another ‘Walker’ on the same memorial and I wonder if they were related. Does anyone know anything about Lucy Walker?
jackdeighton
11 November 2014 at 19:26
Hi Barbara,
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
It seems not much is known about Lucy Walker. The Scottish War Memorials website has a section on the Cranstoun War Memorial (http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic1638.html) where someone suggests Lucy may have been Margaret W White of the ATS, who died in February 1945. Margaret is buried in Morningside Cemetery.
Murray
11 September 2018 at 23:40
All seems to be explained here……..
https://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/local-family-torn-apart-by-war-in-the-far-east-1-3888002
jackdeighton
12 September 2018 at 17:15
Murray,
Thanks for this. Fascinating background. It’s always good to hear the stories of the people behind the names on these memorials.
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
Robin Hardie
8 November 2025 at 22:29
I live in Humbie, just south of Pathhead, and have wondered for years who Lucy Walker was. The link above to the Midlothian Advertiser doesn’t work, however. Can you remember the story it told ?
jackdeighton
9 November 2025 at 20:33
Robin Hardie,
I’m sorry, I can’t remember now what the article said.
And yes, that link is defucnt.
Thanks for looking in and commenting.