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Title
The Cenotaph
Date
1922–1924
Medium
polished granite & bronze
Accession number
G2_GB_S014
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Glasgow City Council
Custodian
Glasgow City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
31st May 1924
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the front of the cenotaph: PRO PATRIA / 1914 1919 / 1939 1945 / TO THE IMMORTAL HONOUR OF THE / OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF GLASGOW WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL RECOGNITION BY / THE CITY OF GLASGOW / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE; on the south side of the cenotaph: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS; on the north side of the cenotaph: THESE DIED IN WAR / THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE / THESE GAVE THEIR BEST / SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE; on the rear of the cenotaph: PRO PATRIA / 1914 1919 / TOTAL / OF / HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES / ENGAGED AT HOME AND ABROAD / 8654465 / OF THIS NUMBER / THE CITY OF GLASGOW / RAISED OVER 200000 / UNVEILED / ON / SATURDAY 31st MAY 1924 / BY / FIELD MARSHAL EARL HAIG OF BEMERSYDE / OM KT GCB / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE EXPEDITIONARY / FORCES IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS / 1915–1918
