2011

NS4076 : Memorial Fountain

taken 13 years ago, near to Bellsmyre, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

This is 1 of 2 images, with title Memorial Fountain in this square
Memorial Fountain
Memorial Fountain
The fountain stands in the northern half of NS4076 : Dumbarton Cemetery. The inscription on the near side is extremely worn in places, but the sense of the text makes it possible to fill in the gaps (compare the inscription at NS3974 : Dumbarton Rock: White Tower Crag).

"Erected by the London-Dumbartonshire Association
President – Sir Iain Colquhoun, Bart, KT, DSO, LLD,
Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire
to the honoured memory
of those of the county
who lost their lives
by enemy action
1939-1945"

The far side of the fountain (shown in NS4076 : Memorial fountain) bears the very worn remnants of a crest and a Latin motto: NS4076 : Memorial fountain (detail).

[Although it is not recorded on the inscription, the memorial was unveiled in September of 1949. Sir Iain Colquhoun had been Lord-Lieutenant of the county from 1919 until his death in November 1948, but was succeeded in that role by Major General Alexander Telfer-Smollett, who performed the unveiling of the memorial.]
Dumbarton Cemetery

The cemetery was formally opened on the 4th of October, 1854, replacing the overcrowded parish churchyard. See the Geograph article "Dumbarton Cemetery" – Link – for a detailed discussion. For biographies of many of those buried here, and for descriptions of their memorials, see Donald MacLeod's "The God's Acres of Dumbarton" (1888), and the same author's "Dumbarton: Its Recent Men and Events" (1898). By 2010, there was concern that Dumbarton Cemetery would run out of space within a decade; New Dumbarton Cemetery – Link – was subsequently created uphill from the existing cemetery, and opened at the end of December 2015.

Memorial fountain

The fountain, erected by the London-Dumbartonshire Association, stands in Dumbarton Cemetery, and was intended to serve as a war memorial.


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Geographical Context: Burial ground, Crematorium Sculptor: Hew Lorimer Category: Water Features > Memorial fountain other tags: Dumbarton Cemetery Memorial Fountain Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 15 February, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 23 February, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4093 7620 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.1449N 4:32.9520W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4094 7620
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