Tullibody and Cambus War Memorial and Memorial Lych Gate

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Tullibody and Cambus War Memorial and Memorial Lych Gate
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WM NS 85656 94751
Gate NS 85743 94649
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The Scotsman - Monday 03 October 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19211003/290/0008
WAR MEMORIALS,
UNIQUE MEMORIAL AT TULLIBODY.
UNVEILED BY GENERAL DAVIES.
The memorial erected to commemorate the men from Tullibody and Cambus district who fell in the late war was yesterday formally unveiled by Sir F. J. Davies, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.
 In some respects the memorial is unique. The base consists of a huge boulder , weighing about 40 tons, known as "Samson's Button, "which local tradition says was thrown from Demyati — a summit of the Ochils — by the strongest man in Bible history. The surmounting column is about 7 feet high, and is intended to represent as nearly as possible the carved cross known as "the stanin stane" of Tullibody, which is supposed to have been demolished 150 years ago, and the material used for metalling the roads. A brass plate 27 men of the district who made the supreme sacrifice. At the entrance to the grounds surrounding the memorial an artistic gate has been erected as a tribute from those who served to those who the names of the 158 men who "joined up" from the district.
General Davies said that they had come there that day to do what little they could to pay honour to the men who gave their lives. They did well to pay them honour. He did not suppose that one of those men hesitated for a moment when the call came to go out and face danger indescribable for the sake of the King and country. What they had save them from, he thought, perhaps, they did not quite realised. What would ithave meant for them there is the tide of war had  rolled over their country? What had happened in France and Belgium would have happened here had not the brave men from their parish and from all parts of the land sacrificed their lives in order to secure their freedom and save the country from destruction. He hoped the memorial unveiled that day would never be misunderstood or neglected, and he suggested that all parents should explain to their young children what it their young children stood for and what it meant, so that for all time it would prove an inspiration to the young men of the parish.
The Earl of Mar and Kellio, in proposing a vote of thanks to General Davies, said that it ought to be known that the ornamental part of Ihe memorial grounds in which they were now assembled had been gifted to Tullibody and Cambus by Major Kennedy Tullis, who also conceived the idea of erecting the Celtic cross on the boulder.
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Tullibody, Lychgate Road, Park, War Memorial
War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Tullibody, Lychgate Road, Park, War Memorial
Classification War Memorial (20th Century)
Canmore ID 339148
Site Number NS89SE 267
NGR NS 85655 94751
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/339148
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Tullibody, Lychgate Road, Lychgate, War Memorial
War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Tullibody, Lychgate Road, Lychgate, War Memorial
Classification War Memorial (20th Century)
Canmore ID 339149
Site Number NS89SE 268
NGR NS 85741 94648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/339149
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[Steven Broomfield]

Looks like a lovely day!

[mbriscoe]

Someone noted on the WMR that it is in the middle of a pond, true but not intentional and I don't think someone  was trying to be funny.