The town of Blairgowrie lies in the eastern part of Perthshire in Scotland on the western bank of the River Ericht. The smaller town of Rattray lies on the opposite bank of the river, and the First World War memorial to the fallen of both towns can be found at the Wellmeadow in the centre of Blairgowrie in the middle of an open space garden area.
The memorial was unveiled on June 19th 1921 and was sculpted by Alexander Carrick. It features a tall tapering column topped by a stone sculpture of flames. At the base is an old Scottish soldier in great-coat and helmet resting on a rifle above a multi-stepped octagonal base.
On three sides of the column are bronze plaques containing the following 175 names, rank and regiments:
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES, LATE THE RIFLE BRIGADE
Lieut. Col. Philip L. Kington Blair-Oliphant D.S.M.
ROYAL MARINES
L/Cpl. Neil Stewart
ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION
Leading Seaman Robert Simpson Ewing
A.B. William Easson
A.B. Hugh Grant
A.B. John H.G. Grant
A.B. George P. Kidd
A.B. Thomas L. Smith
A.B. John Robert Steven
A.B. James Stewart
3RD DRAGOON GUARDS
Trooper Alexander M. Nicoll
1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS
Shoeing Smith Thomas Welsh
14TH HUSSARS
Sgt. Adam McWilliam
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
Driver James Blair
Gunner Edward Hill
Gunner William Mowbray
Gunner Herbert MacDonald
Driver Peter Stewart
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
Bombadier James B. Falconer
ROYAL ENGINEERS
Sgt. William Graham MacDonald
Sapper Andrew Adamson
Sapper Daniel Irvine
SCOTTISH HORSE
Tpr. David R. Craigie
Tpr. Alexander McLaren
Tpr. James Ramsay
Tpr. William Rintoul
Tpr. David Robb
Tpr. Robert Seaton
SCOTS GUARDS
Pte. Alex R. Adam
Pte. Edward Eggie M.M.
Pte. Alexander Robertson
Pte. Stewart Robertson
Pte. Peter Russell
ROYAL SCOTS
L/Cpl. David Mitchell
Pte. Robert Barclay
Pte. John Barlas
Pte. William Currie
Pte. John D. Dickson
Pte. James Kennedy
Pte. William Lauder
Pte. William McFarlane
Pte. Peter Shaw McLagan
Pte. James A. Miller
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
Pte. William Wallace
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT.
Pte. Alex Sim Cameron
ROYAL FUSILIERS
Pte. Charles T. Grant
Pte. Henry Lewis
SUFFOLK REGT.
L/Cpl. John Daniel McGregor
ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Cpl. William T. Phillips
L/Cpl. George Robertson
Pte. John Allardyce
Drummer James Clarkin
ATT. BLACK WATCH
Capt. Adam Alexander Reid R.F.A.
KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
2nd Lieut. Douglas Hill Robertson
MIDDLESEX REGT.
L/Cpl. George Christie Hood
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Sgt. George Gunn
Pte. James L. Anderson
Pte. James Reid
Pte. James Wallace
SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Cpl. James Richardson M.M. & BAR.
Pte. Peter W. Richardson
Pte. John B. Thomson
GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Sgt. Major Thomas Burns D.C.M.
Pte. Alexander Gordon S. Bain
Pte. Joseph Bell
Pte. James Dick
Pte. Robert Dickson
Pte. George S. Ferguson
Pte. Edward S. Gordon
Pte. David Hilton
Pte. Robert Law
Pte. James Powrie
Pte. John Robertson
Pte. John Tait
Pte. George Young
CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Cpl. James A. Wishart
Pte. William Ayling
Pte. James Grant
Pte. William Paterson
Pte. David Petrie
Pte. John Smith
CANADIAN FORCES
Sgt. Andrew Gibson
Sgt. Alex S. Murdoch
Scout Sgt. James A.S. Spalding
Pte. David Doig
Pte. James Doig
Pte. John Duff
Pte. John Fyffe
Pte. Robert S. Gordon
Piper William S. Grant
Pte. John MacDonald
Pte. John H. Murray
Pte. George Robertson
Pte. Edward Thompson
AUSTRALIAN FORCES
Cpl. John K. McKenzie
Pte. Samuel Jamieson
NEW ZEALAND FORCES
Pte. Alexander Carr
Pte. Robert Smith
MACHINE GUN CORPS
L/Cpl. Duncan McDonald
Pte. Alexander Smith
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Mech. Staff Sgt. James Howie M.S.M.
Pte. Alexander Petrie
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Pte. Alexander Jamieson
LABOUR CORPS
Pte. David Smith
ROYAL FLYING CORPS
Pte. Charles F. Mann
MERCHANT SERVICE
Cpt. Alfred G. Clark
Ch. Engineer Daniel Duncan
Ch. Engineer David Falconer
ROYAL SCOTS LATE ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS
Major George Denis MacPherson
1ST SCOTTISH HORSE
Capt. William F. Proctor
2/5 LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
2nd Lieut. David Marshall
CHESHIRE REGT.
Pte. John Clark
Pte. William Smith
KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Cpl. John P. Boylan
Pte. John Cameron
Pte. Graham Donald
SCOTTISH RIFLES
L/Cpl David Phillips Farquarson
L/Cpl John Methven
Pte. James Campbell
Pte. John Heron
Pte. Alex Montague
Pte. John Morrison
Pte. John Townsley
WELSH REGT.
L/Cpl Peter Brodie
BLACK WATCH
Sgt. James MacGilchrist Alexander M.M.
Sgt. Alexander Christie
Sgt. George McKenzie
L.Sgt. John Black
L.Sgt. David Crockart
Cpl. John Donaldson
Cpl. William Got
Cpl. Harry W.D. McLeod
Cpl. Colin Smyth
L/Cpl. George Ferguson Ewing
L/Cpl. Robert S. Gellatly
L/Cpl. David M. Low
L/Cpl. William Lumsden
L/Cpl. John McNabb
L/Cpl. William Hill McQuattie
L/Cpl. Duncan Robertson
L/Cpl Thomas McLeod Smith
L/Cpl. David Stewart
Pte. George R. Anderson
Pte. Balfour J. Bridie
Pte. Robert A. Burness
Pte. Alister Campbell
Pte. George Clark
Pte. George Davidson
Pte. William Doig
Pte. John Duffy
Pte. Ross Eggo
Pte. Charles Forbes
Pte. Alexander Fyffe
Pte. Thomas Gellatly
Pte. Patrick Glancy
Pte. James O. Gordon
Pte. Thomas T. Johnstone
Pte. Alexander Keith
Pte. Andrew Low
Pte. William Martin
Pte. George Norman Milne
Pte. James Moon
Pte. James Moran
Pte. John McQuattie
Pte. Alex Paterson
Pte. David Pearson
Pte. Harry Perks
Pte. William Robertson
Pte. Robert Shaw
Pte. Joseph Shepherd
Pte. Daniel G. Smith
Pte. Alexander Thom
Pte. David Waddell