Proposals for a war memorial caused a fair bit of controversy in the village

Suggestions for an appropriate way to remember the 'fallen' included a Memorial Hall and a Memorial Park

The parish council wanted the final memorial to be set up in the middle of the cemetery

On December 21st, 1921, the memorial was officially unveiled

'The memorial which was draped with a large Union Jack was unveiled by General Sir Francis Davies drawing a cord and permitting the Union Jack to fall to the ground. A trumpeter then sounded the 'Last Post' and it was followed by the 'Flowers of the Forest' by the Pipe Band. Many a tear started as the wail of the pipes was borne out on the quiet of the Sabbath afternoon. It brought vividly home to all, as it had done on many a former occasion in Scottish history, the toll which war takes of the flower of our young manhood.'