Paisley War Memorial

The plinth rises on four steps from a stone platform with a retaining wall on three sides, open to the west.

The bronze sculpture group stop the plinth, about 3 m (9.8 ft) high and weighing about 4.5 tons, was designed by Alice Meredith Williams and cast by JW Singer & Sons.

It depicts a medieval knight in armour mounted on a horse, accompanied by four infantry soldiers in First World War battledress, with muddy boots, greatcoats, and helmets.

Towards the bottom of the south face of the plinth, the stone bears an inscription which reads "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE 1,953 MEN OF PAISLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON LAND/ AND SEA IN THE GREAT WAR".

The memorial was unveiled on 27 July 1924, before a crowd of 20,000 people, by Mrs Macnab, a widow who lost three sons in the Great War.