AYR WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards

The Ayr War memorial can be in Wellington Square, in Ayr, Scotland. The memorial takes the form of a large obelisk made from granite with panels made from bronze and is dedicated to around a thousand men who fell in World War 1 and World War 2. The architect was James Kennedy Hunter, of Ayr, and H. H. Martyn and Co. It was initially dedicated by Revd W Cairns Duncan and unveiled by Sir Hugh M Trenchard 13 April 1924 and rededicated 11 November 1956. There are 802 names listed for World War 1, 254 for World War 2 with an addiitonal 14 names of World War 2 Civilians.

Photograph Copyright © Jim Brown 2009

IN EVER-GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE ROYAL BURGH
OF AYR WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE CAUSE OF
FREEDOM AND HONOUR DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD,
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WORLD WAR
1939-1945

Last updated 18 December, 2018