The Liverpool Scottish memorial stone

Infobox Military Memorial
name=The Liverpool Scottish Bellewaarde
country=United Kingdom


caption=
commemorates=those who have served in The Liverpool Scottish
unveiled=29 July 2000
coordinates=coord|50|51|12.4|N|02|56|08.5|E|
nearest_town=Bellewaarde, West Flanders, Belgium
designer=Unknown
inscription=In memory of all who have served in the Liverpool Scottish and have died in the service of their country

The Liverpool Scottish memorial stone is a World War I memorial erected in Belgium in 2000.

Unit history

The Liverpool Scottish unit of the British Army fought in the second wave of the "Battle of Hooge", officially known as the "First Attack at Bellewaarde", in June 1915 during World War I. This action, in defence of the Ypres Salient, was not altogether successful and resulted in the depletion of the unit. Many men from the battle are buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. [http://www.liverpoolscottish.org.uk/dedicate.htm LiverpoolScottish.org.uk] on the dedication of the memorial, accessed 19 June 2006]

tone history

The memorial is made up of three parts - a carved stone, the inscription tablet in black marble and the flagstones around the memorial.

The carved stone, showing the badge of the 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), was originally the keystone of the barracks of the unit. When the barracks were demolished in 1967 the stone was salvaged and placed into storage. In 1978 it was placed in front of the new headquarters on a brick plinth. When these headquarters closed in 1999, the unit decided to move the stone, as part of a new memorial, to the Ypres area. [http://www.liverpoolscottish.org.uk/stoneunv.htm LiverpoolScottish.org.uk] on the unveiling of the memorial, accessed 19 June 2006]

A black marble inscription, describing the actions at Bellewaarde, was placed at the base of the stone. The flagstones surrounding the memorial were donated by Liverpool City Council and amount to 2 tonnes of paving blocks (cobbles) from the streets of the city. [http://www.liverpoolscottish.org.uk/stoneunv.htm LiverpoolScottish.org.uk] on the unveiling of the memorial, accessed 19 June 2006]

Inscription

The stone is inscribed in English and Dutch, the language of the locality.

In English, it reads:

"THE LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH BELLEWAARDE"

"16 June 1918"

"From a line 250 m. West of this point 23 officers and 519 other ranks of 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, TF, advanced East up the slope towards German trenches on Bellewaarde Ridge.4" [sic] "officers and 75 other ranks were killed, 11 officers and 201 other ranks were wounded and 6 officers and 103 other ranks were missing. Of the missing all the officers and - with a very few exceptions - all the men were subsequently reported killed."

"In memory of all who have served in The Liverpool Scottish and have died in the service of their country."

References

External links

* [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=1&SubTypeID=9&ItemID=5677 wo1.be]