Alyth World War I Memorial - Perth & Kinross, Scotland.
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First World War memorial in the small Perthshire town of Alyth on a corner site on the southern edge of the town at Alyth Muir.
Waymark Code: WM12TVH
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/15/2020
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The small town of Alyth lies amidst rural surroundings in the eastern part of Perthshire in Scotland. The town's First World War memorial can be found to the south of the town at Alyth Muir on the corner of Airlie Street and Meigle Road. It was unveiled by the Earl of Airlie on July 9th 1922 and dedicated by the Rev'd James Meikle, the Minister of the Parish.
The memorial is dominated by a female figure in bronze, holding a sword and winged victory, whilst kneeling on top of a tapering stone in the style of a cenotaph. This sits on top of a three-stepped base. The figure was sculpted by Kellock Brown of Glasgow, with the memorial designed by architects Wright & Wylie. It was built by Messr T Howie & Co. of Alyth.
The figure faces northwards towards the town and underneath on the plinth are metal plaques on all four faces. A metal shield on the north face carries the following inscription:
'IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'
The four plaques contain 119 names and rank from the district who fell during the conflict. The names are:
THE ROYAL NAVY
Eng. Lieut. Commander Wm H Cleghorn
H B Hugh Grant RND
H G A B John Grant RND
A B Davidson Morris RND
THE ARMY
Major A B Higgon Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
Captain Herbert S Cleghorn
Captain The Hon Partick Ogilvy MC
Lieut. Archibald Denroche-Smith
Second Lieut. Allan J Cleghorn
Coy. Sergt. Major George Millar
Sergt. W MacDonald
Sergt. Peter Mitchell MM
Corporals:
G Y Edward
James Ferrier
John Honey
William Low
Alexander MacDonald
William McPherson
William A Mitchell
Lieutenant Corporals:
Robert Anderson
Thomas Henderson
Alexander Melville
James P Meechie
John Sinclair
John T Tasker
Robert Watson
Privates:
John Adam
Andrew Anderson
Charles Anderson
David M Anderson
Robert Angus
James Bain
Laurence De Bono
James F Brown
Thomas Cargill
James P Carruthers
Alexander Clark
Charles Clark
Alexander Cochrane
George Corbett
William Coventry
George Cram
Donald Davidson
William Denholm
Thomas Dickson
William Doig
Alexander Duff
James Fearn
Robert Ferguson
William Ferguson
Robert Finlay
Thomas Fraser
David H Galloway
William Galloway
William Graham
James Gray
Arthur Guthrie
Robert Haggart
Robert M Hastie
John Henderson
Andrew Hendry
Robert Howie
John Kidd
James Leslie
John Lowdon
George McKiddie
Thomas Mands
Edward Martin
George Melville
Archibald Milne
James Milne
John Morris
Alexander Nelson
Robert B Newton
James L Nicholson
James Ogilvy
Robert B Oram
Alexander Reid
William J Reid
William Robb
David Robertson
William Rollo
George M Ross
James Shanks
James Shaw
William Sidey
James Silver
Alexander Smith
John Smith
Robert Smith
Fred Soutar
W M Spalding
Donald Stewart
James Stewart
Charles Sturrock
William Sturrock
Andrew W Symington
Alexander K Thomson
James Tod
James Whyte
William Whyte
George Wilson
James Wilson
Thomas Wood
AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Pte. Thomas Fleming
Pte. Angus W Mitchell
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Lieut. David Gibson
Coy. Sergt. Mjr. Charles M Whyte
Cpl. Alexander Smith
Privates:
Robert Brown
George B Brown
John McPherson
John G Reid
David Robb
Robert Shaw
H Smart
John Wilkie
NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Pte. Robert Shanks
The memorial lies within a paved area on the corner site amidst a garden area which also contains other memorials.