Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Kyle And Carrick
- Town
- Ayr
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Non-Specific Conflict, Regimental Memorials
- Maker
- MR PILKINGTON JACKSON (Sculptor)
H H Martyn and Co. (Founder / Foundry) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 1960
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56941
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Current location
In the park behind the County Council Offices
behind Ayrshire County Council Offices
Place De Saint Germain En Laye
Ayr
Kyle And Carrick
Strathclyde
KA7 1EQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 33190 21779
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square stone pedastal surmounted by sculpted bronze figure of a soldier in battledress. Behind the figure is a curved stone wall with inscription and two carved regimental insignia. On the ground in front of the figure is a carved regimental badge.
- Inscription
- Plinth: THIS STATUE/ WAS RAISED BY/ THEIR COMRADES/ IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ ROYAL SCOTS/ FUSILIERS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ THEY DIED THAT WE/ MIGHT REMAIN FREE Wall: TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD IN PEACE AND WAR OF/ THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS/ RAISED IN 1678 THE REGIMENT SERVED UNTIL 1959 WHEN IT JOINED IN PARTNERSHIP/ WITH THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY TO CONTINUE ITS SERVICE AS/ THE ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Regimental Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Condition
- Ayr (Royal Scots Fusiliers WWII sculpture)
- WMO ID: 174178
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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