Dumbarton War Memorial
Posted in Dumbarton, War Memorials at 15:00 on 27 August 2015
The Memorial is unusually situated some way out of the town centre, in Levengrove Park, on the banks of the River Clyde near its confluence with the River Leven, with a great view of Dumbarton Rock.
This is the view looking from the Park towards the Clyde. It’s the front of the Memorial which as a whole is surrounded by a metal fence and features a bronze angel.* Note the Elephant and Castle crest of Dumbarton on the gate:-
Reverse of the Memorial – the view towards the Park, again with Dumbarton crest on the fence:-
Again looking into Levengrove Park but from an angle:-
The names of the First World War dead are on each side, above in the original engraving; Second World War ones added below, on two sides only. This is the east side of the Memorial:-
The west side:-
*This may actually be a winged Victory rather than an angel.
Tags: Dumbarton, First World War, River Clyde, River Leven, Second World War, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII