Memorial to Cameronian Rifles in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
14. Cameronian Rifles Memorial The last of the three major war memorials in Kelvingrove Park, this monument to the Cameronians regiment (also known as the Scottish Rifles) is also the most expressive. The use of a vivid and poignant representation of a soldier “advancing over the top,” flanked by a Lewis Gunner and the body of a fallen comrade, is not surprising when one considers that the sculptor, Paul Lindsey Clark, was a decorated captain in the First World War. Field Marshall Earl Haig unveiled the memorial in 1924, and the inscription was amended in 1947 to commemorate the regiment's losses in the Second World War. The Cameronians had been formed as Lanarkshire's county regiment in 1881 and its last Regular unit was finally disbanded in 1968.
Size: 2796px × 4220px
Location: University Of Glasgow, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, UK
Photo credit: © MICHAEL CUTHBERT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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