Ellon War Memorial
Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 26 January 2019
This is in the form of a figure of a soldier carrying a rifle atop a tapering wide column which is square in cross section.
“To the glory of God and in memory of those belonging to the Burgh and Parish of Ellon who fell in the Great War 1914-1919 and of those who gave their lives in the Second World War.”
Second Word War names on lower plaque.
From north. Below the soldier starts the inscription carried on round his feet, “They died that we might live.” Great War names on the cartouche:-
From west. Names for the Great War. The lowest plaque was added in 2000 to commemorate the dead of other conflicts since 1945:-
From south. Names for the Great War:-
Tags: Ellon, First World War, Second World War, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
