A Son of the Rock

Alyth‘s War Memorial stands  quite a way out of the town at the junction of Meigle Road and Airlie Street:-

The Great War Memorial takes the form of a figure of Britannia on top of a tapering stone column. The Second World War Memorial lies on the wall behind:-

Side view of Britannia:-

Great War Dedication with Great War names:-

Other Great War names are on panels on the other sides:-

Off to the left as you look at the Memorial from the road is this commemoration of Alfred Anderson, the oldest surviving Scottish veteran of the Great War till his death in 2005:-

Second World War Memorial. The wall  bears a plaque containing names and two others stating “Your supreme sacrifice we will remember” and “Service not self.”

A closer view reveals one name for the Falklands conflict of 1982:-