51st (Highland) Division Monument
Overlooking Y Ravine, is the Memorial to the 51st (Highland) Scottish Division. Ground originally donated by the commune of Beaumont-Hamel to the Veterans of the 51st Division was found to be unstable because of the many dugouts beneath. Lieutenant Colonel Nangle offered the location within this Memorial Site overlooking Y Ravine, the scene of some of the fiercest fighting on November 13, 1916. The selected sculptor was George Henry Paulin. Sergeant Major Bob Rowan of the Glasgow Highlanders (1/9 Highland Light Infantry) was used as the model for the magnificent figure atop the memorial. On the front is a plaque inscribed in Gaelic: La a'Blair s'math n Cairdean. (Friends are good on the day of battle). The wooden Celtic cross across the track from the memorial was originally sited in High Wood and subsequently moved to the Newfoundland site.
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