Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
4 km west of Crieff
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
18th Century Wars (1700-1799), Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814), 19th Century Wars (1800-1899), Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
81814

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Current location

There is a car park on the south side of Taylor Park in Crieff. Cross the bridge over Turret Burn and immediately turn left at the signpost for 'Lady Mary's Walk'. The walk continues down a dismantled railway line following the River Earn. After about 3
TOM A' CHAISTEIL (Hilltop)
4 km west of Crieff
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH7 4JU
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NN 82476 21700
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Tall tapering granite obelisk with a main dedication plaque and 3 subsidiary plaques
Inscription
Tablet 1-IN HONOUR AND TO THE MEMORY OF/GENERAL SIR DAVID BAIRD/BART. G.C.B. & K.C./THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED/A.D. 1832/TO INDOMITABLE COURAGE IN THE FIELD/HE UNITED/WISDOM AND PRUDENCE/IN THE COUNCIL/A BRAVE BUT GENEROUS ENEMY/HIS VICTORIES WERE EVER TENDERED BY MERCY/AND WITH HIS ARDENT LOVE OF GLORY/WAS BLENDED/THE TENDEREST CARE FOR HIS GALLANT AND DEVOTED FOLLOWERS/THE DETAILS OF HIS PUBLIC SERVICES ARE RECORDED/IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY/HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES ARE EMBALMED IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FRIENDS/HONOUR AND VIRTUE WERE THE GUIDING STARS OF HIS DESTINY/PIETY AND CHARITY THE LEADING CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS MIND/HE FELT NO JEALOUSIES, HE HARBOURED NO RESENTMENTS/HE KNEW NO GUILE/IN THE LAND OF HIS FATHERS/HE AT LAST FOUND/REPOSE AND HAPPINESS IN DOMESTIC LIFE/FORGETTING THE CARES AND TURMOILS OF HIS EVENTFUL & BRILLIANT CAREER/AND IN THE EXERCISE OF EVERY SOCIAL AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUE/HE DIED BELOVED AND LAMENTED/AS HE HAD LIVED/HONOURED AND RENOWNED Tablet 2-TO COMMEMORATE/THE MARCH OF THE ANGOL-INDIAN ARMY/ACROSS THE GREAT DESERT/FROM KOSSEIR/TO/ALEXANDRIA/1801 Tablet 3-SERINGAPATAM/TAKEN BY STORM/4TH MAY/1799y Tablet 4-CAPE OF GOOD HOPE/CAPTURED/JAN 8TH/1806/CORUNA/JAN 16TH/1808
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baird, David (sir)
See details
Commemorations
  • 18th Century Wars (1700-1799)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Pillar
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5136&mforum=warmemscot
  • From Strathearn website. Sir David Baird (1757-1829) was born in East Lothian. In 1779 while serving as a captain in India he took part in the 2nd Mysore War. At the Battle of Polilur in 1780, a Britsh force of 4000 was defeated and almost totally destroyed. Baird was wounded and captured. He was taken to Srirangapatnam where he spent almost 4 years chained in a dreadful cell in awful conditions. Once free again, Baird got his revenge during the 4th Mysore War. Major-General Baird, as he had become, commanded the final assault on Srirangapatnam. In fact he was given this role because of his treatment there and to the annoyance and exclusion of Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington. Baird went on to command an expedition of Indian troups against the French in Egypt in 1801. In 1804 his military contributions to the Empire earned him his knighthood. He went on to take the Cape in South Africa from the Dutch in 1806. At Corunna in 1809 he lost an arm. Halfway between Comrie and Crieff a tall hill-top monument was raised in memory of Sir David Baird and his eventful military career.

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