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Reference WMO/95311

Address:

Gilmour Street

Paisley

PA1 1BG

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial has a tapered rectangular plinth which is raised on a four stepped base. The simple plinth carries 2 No. inset bronze plaques – with battlefield inscriptions, and commemorative inscription in relief incised into the stonework, above is a relief sword design, with the arms of the burgh arms and flanked by shields bearing the cross of St Andrews and St George, a design which repeated on the rear. The plinth is surmounted by bronze figures. The group is made up of the figure of the armoured crusader, with shield and pennant bearing the cross of St Andrews, on charger flanked by four figures of infantrymen trudging through mud. The memorial is located at the junction of Gilmour Street and High Street in the town centre. The front face is the side facing High Street. On the inside face of the rear (Dyer's Wynd) side of the surrounding wall is a plaque to all who died at Number 5 First Aid Post on 8 May 1941. See also WMO/146050 and 287088 for other memorials relating to this.
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To the glorious memory/ of the 1953 men of Paisley/ who gave their lives on land/ and sea in the Great War/ and in grateful remembrance of the/ men and women of this Burgh who/ gave their lives for their country/ during the World War 1939 1945 Right face- BRITISH/HOME DEFENCES/FRANCE/BATTLE OF/BRITAIN/FAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN CAMPAIGN/SOUTHERN EUROPE/NORMANDY/WESTERN FRONT/THE SEVEN SEAS; Left Face-FRANCE/BELGIUM/EGYPT/PALESTINE/MACEDONIA/ITALY/GALLIPOLI/AFRICA/AND THE/ SEVEN SEAS; First Aid Post Plaque- TO THE MEMORY OF/THE 92 PERSONNEL OF/PAISLEY FIRST AID POST/NO 5 (WEST)/WHO DIED IN/THE COURSE OF DUTY/8TH MAY 1941

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