The Scottish War Memorials Project

David McNay · Last edited by David McNay on Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:22 pm; edited 1 time in total

Location: 110 St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Not listed on UKNIWM

This memorial was unveiled in 1922. According to a booklet I have, both the First and Second World War memorials were designed by T C Campbell Mackie, Master of Design at Glasgow School of Art.

110 St Vincent Street used to be the Glasgow head office of the Union Bank of Scotland and was then the Glasgow Chief Office of the Bank of Scotland, before closing in 2000.

The building re-opened in 2008 as part of the Bank of Scotland after major refurbishment.

The refurbishment of the main Banking Hall has included the addition of several "Meeting Pods" - one of these is a little in front of the First world War memorial, making it hard to photograph.

Here's a scan from the Roll of Honour book published some time in the 1920s, showing the memorial.

David McNay · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

The First world War memorial remained in place during the refurbishment (albeit covered and protected from any potential damage). It has been restored and cleaned and looks in immaculate condition.

I was told one of the reasons it remained in place was because they couldn't work out how it had been fixed in place, so it was decided to leave it rather than damage it by trying to remove it.

The department I work for moved into the building this week, and I was pleased to be able to take some photographs, including closeups of the names.

This is the best shot I could get of the whole memorial. As I stated above, there is a "meeting pod" in front of it, and two large columns on either side, making photographing the whole memorial rather difficult without the use of a very large stepladder.

Closeups of the names: