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Wick in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Wick War Memorial

 
 
Wick War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 28, 2018
1. Wick War Memorial
Inscription.
In Honour of All
Those Who Suffered
And in Proud and Grateful
Remembrance of the Fallen
Sons of the Burgh of Wick
Who Died for Home
and Freedom
In the Great War, 1914 — 1919

Also
In Honoured and Grateful
Remembrance of All Those
of this Burgh Who Suffered
and Gave Their Lives in
The Second World War
1939 — 1945
( The memorial lists 228 names from World War I and 101 names from World War II. In addition, 14 civilians are listed from World War II )
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 58° 26.473′ N, 3° 5.675′ W. Memorial is in Wick, Scotland, in Highland. It is at the intersection of Cliff Road and River Street, on the left when traveling east on Cliff Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Wick, Scotland KW1 5ED, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Scotland’s Highlands. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, on the Celtic Fringe, in Atlantic Europe,
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on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 24 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Keiss Quoad Sacra Parish War Memorial (approx. 10.7 kilometers away); Nybster Broch (approx. 12.4 kilometers away); Patrick Sinclair (approx. 18.4 kilometers away); Lybster and Swiney War Memorial (approx. 18.4 kilometers away); Warth Hill Viewpoint (approx. 19.4 kilometers away); Duncansby Head Lighthouse (approx. 22.9 kilometers away).
 
Wick War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 28, 2018
2. Wick War Memorial
Plaques listing the names of the fallen are mounted on the circular wall.
Wick War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 28, 2018
3. Wick War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 17, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Sep. 9, 2026