A Son of the Rock

Kirriemuir’s War Memorial is right at the top end of Kirriemuir Cemetery. It takes the form of a kilted Scottish soldier with raised rifle surmounting a square stone, elaborately capped block with columns at its corners containing WW1 names resting on a larger plinth with inscriptions all set on a stepped base.

The base is inscribed with the word “France.” The dedication reads, “This monument is raised to perpetuate the memory of the youth and manhood of the parish of Kirriemuir who fell in the service of their king and country in the Great War. It stands a tribute of homage to the fallen and an abiding inspiration to posterity. ‘Their name liveth for evermore.'” The panel holds names for the Great War:-

Each side of the memorial contains Great War names and that of an area of conflict, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli and Belgium:-

In front of the older memorial is a further granite plinth commemorating the dead of World War 2 with the dedication, “To perpetuate the memory of those who gave their lives in the World War 1939 – 1945” and names from the Black Watch, the Royal Navy, the RAF and the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force:-

On one side of the plinth are commemorated soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Royal Scots and Royal Engineers:-

On the other the Royal Army Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Scots Guards, Seaforths and Royal Corps of Signals:-

Nearby is a War memorial bench:-