War memorial restoration grants

Two memorials in Orkney have been given over £30,000 from the Centenary Memorials Fund.

Kitchener’s Memorial, in Birsay, has received £30,000 from the fund, which has £1 million available to support the repair and conservation of any war memorial of any type anywhere in Scotland.

The scheme was launched in April 2013 and will run through the centenary of World War One. Funded by the Scottish Government and Historic Environment Scotland the scheme is administered by War Memorials Trust.

Meanwhile, the Stronsay war memorial has been given £715 to allow it to be repointed, cleaned and the inscriptions repainted.