The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:40 am Post subject: MONTROSE MEMORIALS

I'm posting the following as a reminder that these memorials should be included on the site at some point.

Bamse - War Dog Hero;
http://www.bw-linkshotel.co.uk/BamseMontrosesDogWarHero.asp

and

James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose

dhubthaigh · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Also at Montrose Academy;

The school's most famous feature is the gold dome on top of the original building. Originally the dome was copper, but was covered in gold leaf as a war memorial, paid for by Miss Blanche Mearns to commemorate her brother who had died in World War II.