Scottish War Memorials and Kilts

[andyfg]

On our recent vacation in Scotland I was struck by the war memorials. We were staying in Oban and my morning jog took me from our hotel to the war memorial. The first time I came upon it and stopped for a while and read all the names in silent remembrance. It seemed the right thing to do. I must say it was quite moving. I post the names here as I thought it might be of interest to those who enjoy military history, kilted regiments etc . Also, a pic of the statue, two kilted soldiers carrying a third. Most of the memorials we saw on the trip had soldiers in kilts.

Oban memorial:



Oban names and regiments:









Inverarry memorial:

[ziggy]

I love that part of travelling.....the history.

Also soldiers wearing kilts goes beyond scotland and even Ireland. Here in Canada there are still a couple regiments that their formal military dress is a kilt. It's nifty to see, especially because mostly around here you only see pipers wearing it, unless you go into certain parts of nova scotia where you could mistake yourself in early 18th century of the highlands where kilts were still widely used....

[Riverkilt]

I love the pic of the last statue!

Ron

[sydnie7]

"Lest we forget" memorials are found everywhere you go (or at least everywhere I've gone) in Scotland, England, and Wales. Usually carefully planted with seasonal flowers and quite often right smack in the middle of the village. Chilling to see the length of some lists but heartwarming to see that they are not forgotten.

[Jock Scot]

A single loss is unforgetable for a few. Sadly The United Kingdom lost nearly a whole generation of men in WW1 and far too many in WW2. Every one, be it in a City,town, village or hamlet has some one to remember. Many places in the Commonwealth are in the same position. So yes; "We do remember them", as we will, those that fall in the conflicts of today.

[GMan]

Seeing those memorials always is a sobering experience.

[ziggy]

It's just so....real...and hardly ignorable. (Not that you'd want to, but you know what I mean)

[Redshank]

For Ron (Riverkilt)

The view from my place of work



Chris

[BoldHighlander]

Wonderful photos.

I heard a statistic recently that during WWI, something like 1 out 3 males from Scotland was lost in the conflict

UPDATE:
Just double checked the stat' & its correct, 1 out of every 3 adult Scottish males died in WWI.
So terrible & sad.

[ziggy]

You work next to THAT?!

Wow