Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Perth
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Regimental Memorials
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 13 May 1995
    Attended by: Provost of Perth and Kinross
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58045

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Current location

North Inch Car Park
Charlotte Street
Perth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 5LW
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 11968 23918
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rough hewn base surmounted by two figures. One is a Highlander piper who is being handed a rose taken from a bunch of flowers held in the arms of a Dutch girl. Dedicatory tablet with carved inscription in black lettering has been placed on the front face of the base and a tablet listing the battle honours of the regiment has been placed at the rear of the memorial. An additional tablet describing the symbolism of the memorial is placed by the steps which lead up to the memorial. Two bronze relief plaques have been placed on the sides of the base. One depicts a montage of soldiers in action. In the foreground is a radio operator with two men manning a machine gun to the right of him. In the background is an officer giving directions, a gun crew in the centre and what looks like Royal Engineers on the right. In the background are three soldiers patrolling across a bridge. The other plaque depicts, left to right, a gun, an armoured personnel carrier, a tank, medics treating a wounded man, a piper playing the pipes as he goes into battle with two soldiers running in the background behind him, a chaplain at a burial service and three lorries at a depot. Part of a collection of memorials to the 51st Highland Division.
Inscription
Front face: THIS MEMORIAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO SERVED/ IN THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION IN TWO WORLD/ WARS./ IT SYMBOLIZES THE LIBERATION OF OUR EUROPEAN/ ALLIES FROM OCCUPATION AND REPRESSION IN 1945/ AND COMMEMORATES THE FIFTY YEARS OF PEACE/ THAT HAVE FOLLOWED Rear face: 1908 51st highland Division Regimental Battle Honours 1967/ (Battle honours)/ 13th May 1995/ A Gift From The Citizens of Perth and Kinross District. Unveiled By Provost Mrs Jean McCormack JP Tablet by the steps: Tunes and Flowers/ One metre plus twelve years, the gap between/ a soldier and a girl, both cast in bronze./ He stands, suspicious, tired of the business/ of war. She offers thanks as best she can,/ a rose picked from thebunch tucked in her arm./ Silent bagpipes droop from his crooked arm;/ their lung exhausted by battle refrians./ His look extends beyond her outstretched hand/ towards the lasting bloom whitin her eyes,/ which gaze past gratutude into a world/ where she will shine. Their gap is closing fast;/ both know that liberation bears a price/ beyond the measure of tunes and flowers./ Andrew Greaver
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
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figures
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Pink
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Pink
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Pink
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Pink
  • Detail
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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