The town of Crieff is situated in Perthshire at the foot of the Scottish Highlands and is known as a holiday resort town. The war memorial that serves the town and district can be found just north-west of the town centre on the apex of the main A85 Comrie Road, and the A822 Burrell Street, on small triangular garden area by the roadside.
The memorial was unveiled on November 20th 1921, having been paid for by public subscription. £1757 was raised, of which £1180 paid for the memorial.
It was designed by Dr P McGregor-Chalmers, and built by Peter Crerar, and takes the form of a sandstone Latin cross above an octagonal column set on a plinth above a raised stone platform. An inscription around the top of the plinth reads 'IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919'. All along the eight faces of the plinth are various bronze plaques with the names and rank of those who lost their lives. Eight plaques detail 168 names from World War I, with a further two added from World War II with 57 names. Three names were also added from the Korean War. The names from WWI are as follows:
BLACKWATCH
Captain, John Norman Wilson
Lieutenants:
Andrew Sharp
Hubert W Strathairn
Sergeants:
Walter Muir
John Sharp
John Tracey
Corporals:
William Lamb
John Pullar MM
Andrew C Stewart MM
Lance Corporals:
Robert Cameron
George Durward
D M Low
Wm. B MacKenzie
Archibald McLean MM
John Stothard
George Watt
John Walker MM
Pipers:
Alexander Keddie
Alexander Russell
Privates:
George Boyd
Robert W Cameron
James Campbell
Peter Clark
Walter Davidson
William G Duff
William Ferguson
David Foster
David P Fulton
Thomas Gilfillan
Duncan Gow
David A Halley
David Hunter MM
James Laing
Peter Marshall
James McCullough
John McDonald
Thomas McEwen
David MacFarlane
James A McGregor
William T McKay
George M McNab
W Nicholson McOrist
Alexander McPherson
Duncan McPherson
William McRosty
Robert A Napier
John O'Brien
Peter Richardson
Robert Rintoul
Henry Ross
Robert Russell
Matthew Ryder
John Shepherd
David Swan
Duncan Taylor
James McR. Taylor
William Thomson
John Tracey
Peter Welsh
Charles D Wilson
Charles Daly
Charles Bradley
SCOTTISH HORSE
Troopers:
Peter Henderson
John Menzies
SCOTS GUARDS
Sergeant, Robert Sandeman
Privates:
George McLaggan
Francis Riddoch
ROYAL SCOTS
Corporal, Alexander D Baird
Lance Corporals:
James Crerar
Adam Paton
Privates:
Peter Cramb
Thomas T Drummond
Norman S Grant
Thomas D McEwen
William A McNeil
Donald M Watson
ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Captain, Percy W T McGregor Whitton
Sergeant, James Sandeman
Privates:
Robert Benvie
Hugh McCloy
Peter McGregor
KING OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS
Corporal, David Smith
Lance Corporal, James T McFarlane
Privates:
Robert Arnott
Nicholas Bradley
John Davidson
William Rowley
Thomas Wishart
SCOTTISH RIFLES
Corporal, John MacKay D.C.A.
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
Lieutenant, John L Kelsail
Gunner, James Foylan
Drivers:
William Fleming
James D Horne
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
Gunner, William Brown
ROYAL ENGINEERS
Liuetenant, James Phillips
Sergeant, Ronald Robertson
Lance Corporal, Peter McMahon
Sapper, Mark A Thom
MACHINE GUN CORPS
2nd Lieutenant, David McKendrick
Private, Peter L Anderson
TANK CORPS
Private, Neil Methven
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Captain, James Ewing M B
ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Staff Sergeant, William Thomson
Private, William West
LABOUR CORPS
Corporals:
George McLelland
David Scrimgeour
ROYAL NAVY
Chief Officer, David Taylor
Seaman, William McI. Sinclair
CANADIANS
Lieutenant, David W McD. McCabe
Sergeants:
David G Smart
Andrew Struthers
Corporal, James Taylor
Privates:
Daniel Hutchison
William Kay
John Menzies
Alexander McFarlane
George Newlands
David S Thomson
James Walker
AUSTRALIANS
Privates:
David Clark
William J McBeth
Peter McIntosh
NEW ZEALANDERS
Sergeant Major, Peter Laurence
Private, Peter McArthur
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sergeant, James Cunningham
NURSING SERVICE
Staff Sisters:
Jesse C McRobbie
Mary Watson
TYNESIDE SCOTTISH
Private, Peter Comrie
ROYAL WARWICKS
Private, Alexander Foster
KING'S LIVERPOOL
2nd Lieutenant, William R Douglas
Lance Corporal, Robert Cramb
BEDFORDSHIRES
2nd Lieutenant, Antrobus T Harris
DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY
Sergeant Major, William H Mottashaw
WELSH REGIMENT
Private, Peter Taylor
MIDDLESEX
Lieutenant, James B Wanchope
WILTS
Private, George O Mattashaw
IRISH GUARDS
Sergeant, John Conoboy
Private, Thomas Ellis
ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS
Private, John Flynn
HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Lieutenant, Duncan Mcara
Corporal, Patrick Bradley
Privates:
James A McIntosh
Angus F Paterson
SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Privates:
Robert W Brown
Alexander Miller
Louis D Don
William C M Watt
GORDON HIGHLANDERS
Lieutenant, W F Robertson Dobie
Lance Corporal, Charles McDonald
Privates:
George Irvine MM
James A McCullough
Archibald McDonald
Thomas Ritchie
Peter Scrimgeour
CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
Lance Corporal, David Rintoul
Privates:
William Blair
George Nairn
Andrew Richard
ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
2nd Lieutenant, James A Ewing
Corporal, Francis Armit
Privates:
William Bell
John A Horne
John Irving
James W McGregor
Thomas G Stalker