2013

NO3309 : Pitlessie War Memorial, Ladybank Road

taken 11 years ago, near to Pitlessie, Fife, Scotland

Pitlessie War Memorial, Ladybank Road
Pitlessie War Memorial, Ladybank Road
Many war memorials appeared in British towns and cities after the South African War of 1899-1902 (known popularly as the Boer War), but most were constructed after the First World War, known to contemporaries as the Great War (1914-19). These were updated after the Second World War (1939-45), usually by adding a plaque with the names of those killed in that conflict. Almost every town and village in Britain has a memorial erected after the Great War, the commonest types taking the form of a cross, an obelisk or a statue of a soldier. Some occupy a prominent public space; others stand in the local cemetery or can be found inside the local church. Memorials usually commemorate the inhabitants of a particular locality, the former pupils of a school, or the members of a military unit or branch of the armed forces. Other memorials, often bronze plaques placed indoors, commemorate the employees of a private company or public institution.


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NO3309, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
kim traynor   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 September, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 3 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 3325 0964 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:16.4712N 3:4.7701W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 3325 0965
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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