The war memorial for the town of Arbroath takes the form of a cenotaph, an empty tomb, and sits on the edge of a hill overlooking the North Sea. It has 491 great war names listed upon its panels, 1 being a woman.
Like all cities, town, villages and parishes, the people of Arbroath spent time after the war in public meetings discussing the funding, design and location of the intended memorial to their war dead.
A list of names, which had to meet (now unknown) criteria, was maintained in
Over the last 13 or so years, i've identified approximately 15 men who have been added to the CWGC database.
These comprise of men who were killed or died during their time in the military, as well as those who died after discharge from wounds or illness related to their service.
The first casualties I discovered were first sent to the late Jim Grant, who was at that time an established volunteer with the In From the Cold Project.
Later I sent the cases in dir