http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7988&mforum=warmemscot (unveiling dates and details of the missing item)

Unstated reference: First reference 13 January 1919 when mention was made of the date ex-Provost Thomson's proposal, made in 1916, to erect a memorial in honour of the dead. Throughout 1919-21 sites and designs were discussed and investigated. In May 1919 a sketch for town improvements including a memorial were submitted by Lorimer. Two years later, Lorimer was appointed official architect after submitting alternative plans but the committee was still at odds over the design. After the unveiling in 1924 Lorimer was requested to modify fees "to a figure reasonably adequate to cover the trouble involved".

Unknown newspaper: On 15 February 1919, a newspaper reported the acceptance by the Town Council of a picture entitled "To Hell With Surrender" depicting the gallant action of Lieutenant Buchan VC which was to be hung in the Reading Room. In making arrangements for the unveiling it was proposed that "a person residing in the town who, through the war, had suffered the greatest loss, should be asked to place the first wreath on the Memorial...... Mr. David Buchan of Kellie Place should be asked to perform this duty".

Central Regional Archives: Minutes of Town Council and War Memorial and Finance Committees Ref: AL 1/1/31; 1/1/32; 1/1/33; 1/6/15

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