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Title
Land Girl Memorial
Date
2012
Medium
Corten steel
Accession number
AB56_DM_S016
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Land Army Memorial Scotland (LAMS) Charitable Trust, through public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Land Army Memorial Scotland (LAMS) Charitable Trust
Custodian
Land Army Memorial Scotland (LAMS) Charitable Trust
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
9th October 2012
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque: THE LAND ARMY MEMORIAL SCOTLAND / OPENED BY HRH THE PRINCE CHARLES, DUKE OF ROTHESAY / 9TH OCTOBER 2012 / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE WORK OF / THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY / AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION / DURING TWO WORLD WARS / "LIFE IN THE WLA WAS NOT ALL ROSY BUT THE ABIDING MEMORY OF MANY WAS ONE OF / HAPPINESS. AS SUCH THE MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE A JOYOUS IMAGE AS ITS / HEART. IT DEPICTS AN UN-CRUSHABLE LUST FOR LIFE AND EXHIBITS THE WONDERFUL / NOSTALGIA OF WHAT ARE OFTEN REMEMBERED AS GOLDEN YEARS. IN THIS SENSE IT IS / DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER WAR MEMORIALS AND THAT UNIQUENESS IS PART OF ITS / STRENGTH AND APPEAL. ALTHOUGH LOSS IS PART OF IT, IT IS FAR MORE TO DO WITH / REMEMBERING HAPPINESS, TIED IN WITH COMPANIONSHIP. COMRADESHIP IS INTEGRAL / TO THE DESIGN. THE GIRLS LEAN TOGETHER. EACH FIGURE CONNECTS TO THE NEXT. THEY / ARE ALL UNITED AS A TEAM ON THE GATE. THEIR CAMARADERIE HINTS AT THE GREATER ONE / THAT UNITED THE NATION AND HELPED TO SEE IT THROUGH THE WARS." / "ULTIMATELY, I THINK ALL WAR MEMORIALS SHOULD CREATE SOME EMOTIONAL STIR WITHIN / THE VIEWER. THAT MIX OF EMOTIONS CAN BE COMPLEX. IN THIS CASE, THOUGH, I WANT / THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY MEMORY TO GLADDEN THE SPIRIT, TO LIFT THE HEART." / ARTIST: PETER W NAYLOR; plaque: WOMENS / LAND ARMY / BELOW THIS PLAQUE IS A TIME CAPSULE, BURIED BY / SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY / ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTALLATION OF THIS / MEMORIAL ON 18TH OCTOBER 2013. / IT CONTAINS MEMORABILIA OF THE UNVEILING OF THE / MEMORIAL AND THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY, COMMEMORATING THEIR EFFORTS IN THE TWO WORLD WARS. / THIS CAPSULE IS TO BE OPENED ON THE / 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE MEMORIAL / IN OCTOBER 2087.