The Scottish War Memorials Project

David McNay

UKNIWM Ref: 13356

Situated at the Gordon Street entrance to the station.

I've passed this a few times but never had a chance to get a photo. I've always been there at rush hour when it's not convenient.

David McNay · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

The inscription at the top, which I neglected to photograph, reads as follows:

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

Some closeups of the names. My batteries were running low on the camera so these pictures were rushed. I'll try and get better pictures later.

Below the memorial is a small plaque commemorating the dead of the Second World War.

Adam Brown · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

The Second World War plaque has a clue to its date. Railtrack's short but troubled existence was from 1994 to 2002.

It makes you wonder why it took at least fifty years to add this memorial?

The Caledonian Railway had lines running out of Glasgow to Edinburgh, Carlisle, Oban, Perth, Peebles and was in competition with the Glasgow & South Western Railway. In 1923 both became part of LMS Railway along with one other Scottish railway comany, the Highland Railway

Adam

Harry Flashman V.C. · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject:

I was up stopping in Glasgow for a few days last month and was waitng for a mate near that memorial.

Also to the right of the memorial there is a very large collection box made out of howitzer shells for the "Womens Auxillary Service" (I think)

I remember it being there in the early 1990's

Sorry no photo but will get one next time i'm in Glasgow.