Glasgow: Highland Light Infantry Boer War

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Reference WMO/146455

Address:

Kelvingrove Park

Kelvin Way

Partick

Glasgow

G1

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: The monument depicts a soldier or army scout of the HLI straddling a rocky eminence and is memorable both for his jaunty pose and for the attention given to the costume detail. This freestone memorial by sculptor William Birnie Rhind (1853-1933) is the earliest war memorial in Kelvingrove Park and was erected to commemorate men of the Highland Light Infantry who fell in the South African ‘Boer’ War (1899-1902). Possibly the most unrestrained of Birnie Rhind’s work, the lowest stage comprises loose boulders which graduate into a rock-faced ashlar ‘outcrop’ bearing commemorative inscriptions on the east and west sides, before rising again into more naturalistic rockwork. The association with the Highland Light Infantry is meaningful as volunteer regiments drilled regularly in Kelvingrove Park into the early 20th century.
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To The Memory/ Of/ The Officers/ Non-Commissioned Officers And Men/ Of The/ Highland Light Infantry/ Who Fell/ In The South African War/ 1899 1900-01-02/ Erected By Comrades And Friends Plaque On Rear: (Names)

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