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Memorial with most names on it?

 
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DelBoy



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:29 am    Post subject: Memorial with most names on it? Reply with quote

Someone I was chatting to about war memorial research stumped me with a pretty innocuous question.

Which Scottish memorial has the most names on it?

I said the biggest population centres, like the cities, have no names upon them because of the great number that would be needed, in those cases roll of honour books were created (mostly) instead.

That was a half answer as I simply don't know which memorial, that lists names, has the most.

Anyone know off the top of their head?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not off the top of my head, but the most in this area is Dumfries

336 from WW1, 216 from WW2 and one each for Malaya, Korea and Vietnam

Total 555

For most memorials listed by UKNIWM, there is a count of names

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Off the top of my head Stirling has 690+ listed.

Gala will have the most names listed in the Borders.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I assumed (wrongly) all Scottish cities had no names upon their memorials, but Stirling and Inverness do.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Coatbridge has a large number of names, by rough calculations it looks like over 750 Great War names and over 200 Second World War names.

Thanks

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished transcribing Arbroath (in installments) and there's 706 names, Jings!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Transcribing 706 names. Jings, crivvens and help ma Boab. That's dedication. You must have sore fingers Derek.

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