A Son of the Rock

Monikie is on the B961 road between Dundee and Brechin.

On the way back from the game at Brechin on 25/8/18 I stopped to photograph its Memorial Hall.

There is an inscribed Memorial in the grounds of the Hall but it is of relatively recent construction, perhaps for the 100^th anniversary of the Great War:-

Names and dedication, “The Great War 1914 -1918.”

Western aspect. Inscribed, “In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow.”

Eastern aspect. Inscribed, “Between the Crosses Row on Row.”

On the Hall’s external wall is a Great War 100^th anniversary memorial plaque:-

I photographed two of the names of the fallen attached to trees in the small park area within which Monikie’s War Memorial stands.

L/Cpl James Spalding, Black Watch, killed in action, France, 16/6/1915, aged 22:-

Pte John Irons, Royal Scots Fusiliers, killed in action France, 12/8/1916, aged 24:-