A Son of the Rock

Golspie is a small town in Sutherland, in the very northwest of Scotland.

Its War Memorial is a Celtic type Cross set in a memorial garden just off the A 9 road in the south of the town.

War Memorial Garden, Golspie:-

Memorial:-

Dedication. Under a downward pointing sword overlaid with the names of battle zones – France, Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Russia, Palestine, East Africa, Dardanelles, Mesopotamia, At Sea – “In honour of those who served. In sympathy with those who suffered and in proud and grateful memory of those whose names are recorded here and who fell in the Great War 1914-18. They died that we might live.”

Great War names:-

The reverse contains the World War 2 Dedication and Names:-

The upper portion of the reverse is inscribed with symbols of various kind:-