Riverton First World War memorial

Riverton First World War memorial in c1987.

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Riverton memorial in May 2008.

Inscription on the Riverton Memorial

This information provided courtesy of Mark Portnick.

One column on the monument has:

TO THE GLORY
OF GOD AND
OF THOSE OF
THIS TOWN
AND DISTRICT
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1918

carved into the stone work itself.

Then follows the names of those who died in the First World War which are on four marble plaques attached to the monument.

PLAQUE ONE:

ALLEN J.
ANDERSON R.
BARRON N.
BEER F.
BEER L.W.
BLACKBURN R
BLACKMORE W.E.
BONIFACE J.
BROWN SISTER M.S.
BUCHANAN R.
BURT W.
BUTLER J
CAMPBELL M.
CLOUGHLEY L.J.
COLLINSON A.
COLLINSON C.
COOK R.L.
COUPAR S.J.S.
CRAIG A.J.
DICKSON C.

PLAQUE TWO:

DUTTON E.A.
DWYER W.
FISHER C.
FORSYTH N.L.
FREW C.
FREW D.A.
GEARY E.
GEARY F.
GILMAN J.
GRAY W.
GUISE W.
HALL H.
HAMILTON C.
HEWAT A.S.
HEWAT J.P.
HOARE S.
HUNTER D.
HUNTER H.
HUNTER J.W.
HUNTER W.G.

PLAQUE THREE:

HUGHES W.
HUNTER F.W.
JOHNSTONE J.T.
LAURIE E.G.
LAURIE F.H.S.
LAURIE R.W.S.
MACLEOD J.K.
MCBRIDE M.
MCINTOSH J.
MCINTYRE J.
MCINTYRE E.S.
MCIVOR R.
MCKAY F.J.
MCPHEE D.
MCNICKLE T.F.
MILLS S.W.
MILNE R.T.
NICHOLSON R.H.
O'DONNELL D.
OFFICER W.

PLAQUE FOUR:

PANKHURST M.
PANKHURST W.G.
PARKER A.
RODERIQUE A.
RODERIQUE S.
ROLFE J.
RYAN J.
SAUNDERS J.
SMITH E.E.
SMITH J.G.D.
SIMTH R.A.
STEVENS A.
SUTTON J.S.
THOMSON J.C.
WHITE A.S.
WHITE B.
WHITE D.
WILSON T.
WOHLERS A.
WRIGHT A.E.J.

Another column has carved into the stonework:

GRANT TO THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST

At the base of the monument is another marble plaque:

WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
THESE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

BLACK D.L.
BLACKIE J.
BULMAN C.T.
COSTER W.T.
DECLIFFORD M.C.
DECLIFFORD T.L.
HASLEMORE F.S.
HAYES M.
HUTCHINSON C.J.
IRWIN S.D.L.
ROBERTS D.C.
STANLEY N.J.
STAUNTON T.
STROUD W.H.
STUART C.A.
STUART W.D.
TWEEDIE R.M.
WILKES D.
WILSON F.S.
WARD J.C.