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A pink granite monolith with relief carving and inscription on one face. Originally erected at Nitshill station in Glasgow in memory of the only Scottish railwayman to be awarded the Victoria Cross in WW1, the memorial was relocated to Dingwall following repeated vandalism. John Meikle singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun post in the First World War. The 19–year-old was armed with only a pistol and the walking stick he liked to carry, when he achieved this feat during the second battle of the Marne in 1918.

Title

John Meikle (1898–1918), Memorial

Date

1920

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 150 x W 60 x D 30 cm (E)

Accession number

IV15_DO_S036

Acquisition method

purchased by railway comrades of John Meikle

Work type

War memorial

Owner

The Highland Council

Custodian

The Highland Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

SCOTT & RAE SCULPTORS GLASGOW

Inscription description

IN / MEMORY OF / SERGT JOHN MEIKLE V.C.M.M. / LATE CLERK AT NITSHILL STATION / WHO ENLISTED IN H.M. FORCES / (SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS) / 8TH FEBRUARY 1915 DURING THE / GREAT WAR AND WAS KILLED / IN ACTION ON 20TH JULY 1918

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