Memorial
Blythswood Battalion Highland Light Infantry
Source: Stephen Waggstaff
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Current Location
Located next to Dassie Park., Dassie Green War Memorial, Dassie Green, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G40 1HB, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NS 60385 63682
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 54464
- Description
- Celtic cross on a double-stepped plinth standing on a rectangular base.
- Inscription
- GALIPOLI/ EGYPT/ PALESTINE/ FRANCE/ BELGIUM/ MESOPOTAMIA TO/ THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE OFFICERS,/ NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND MEN/ 7TH (BLYTHSWOOD) BATTALION/ THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ ERECTED BY/ COMRADES AND FRIENDS
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Custodian
- Glasgow City Council, Land Services, Parks and Open Spaces
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
- Plinth
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 152926
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- Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 29 October 1921 Page 4 REGIMENTAL NEWS. TERRITORIAL ARMY. Infantry. (Blythswood) Highland Light Infantry. — A memorial to the officers. and men of the battalion who lost their lives in the war was unveiled on Oct. 16, by Colonel W. Clark, Honorary Colonel of the battalion. The memorial, an Ionic Cross in granite, has been erected on Glasgow Green, not far from the headquarters of the battalion in Bridgeton. ---