War Memorial, Perth Road, Stanley

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 09/05/2002 Local Authority Perth And Kinross Planning Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Redgorton NGR NO 10778 33050 Coordinates 310778, 733050 — 1924. First World War memorial. 3-stage plinth surmounted by pedestrian soldier. Second World War roll-of-honour added. Ashlar. 3 reducing steps surmounted by swept rectangular-plan 1st stage plinth giving way to uncut stone 2nd stage bearing bronze plaques; battered 3rd stage also with bronze plaques, that to E inscribed 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED DEAD' and surmounted by kilted soldier leaning against rock. BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS, GATES AND RAILINGS: low ashlar boundary walls with inset railings; square- plan gatepiers and 2-leaf ironwork gates. — Sited in enclosed area next to St Columba's Church. In 1922 ex-servicemen from Stanley with Captain W Elliott of the Church Army decided to raise a memorial to the fallen of World War I. Funds were raised, with a large donation from the nearby St Columba's Episcopal Church. The memorial was unveiled in 1924 by Dr Laura Sandeman of Aberdeen, eldest daughter of Colonel Frank Stewart Sandeman, former owner of Stanley Mill. A World War II commemorative plaque was added on 24 April 1949 and unveiled by Sir Thomas Riddell Webster then President of British Legion Scotland.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.