Where is War Memorial?

War Memorial is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode KA8 9RY).

How do I get to War Memorial?

The nearest railway station is Newton-on-Ayr, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode KA8 9RY.

Is War Memorial free to visit?

Yes, War Memorial is free to enter.

How do I get to War Memorial?

The nearest railway station is Newton-on-Ayr, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode KA8 9RY.

Memorials & monuments · Scottish Lowlands

War Memorial

Also known as: St Quivox War Memorial

In or near Annbank.

Free admission

War Memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.

War Memorial, Whitletts Ayr - geograph.org.uk - 5094187 — Billy McCrorie — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min
Nearest railway station: Newton-on-Ayr · 2.2 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

War Memorial is a public memorial in the Scottish Lowlands, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. It sits within the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Newton-on-Ayr, about 2.2 km away. Postcode area KA8.

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From the Wikipedia article

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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Background

History

It has been suggested that the world's earliest known war memorial is the White Monument at Tell Banat, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, which dates from the 3rd millennium BC and appears to have involved the systematic burial of fighters from a state army. The Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period (the Assassins) had made a secret roll of honor in Alamut Castle containing the names of the assassins and their victims during their uprising. The oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom is Oxford University's All Souls College. It was founded in 1438 with the provision that its fellows should pray for those killed in the long wars with France. War memorials for the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) were…

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Coordinates: 55.4741, -4.5915
District: South Ayrshire
Postcode: KA8 9RY
Parliamentary constituency: Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Nearest railway station: Newton-on-Ayr — 2.2 km

Sources

osm: n1830999268 (ODbL)
wikipedia: War memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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