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Sculptor: William Birnie Rhind (1853-1933).
Location: Kelvingrove Park, at the east end of the Prince of Wales Bridge.
Date unveiled: 28 September, 1906.

Dedicated to the officers, 127 non-commissioned officers and men of Glasgow's Highland Light Infantry who were killed or died of disease during the South African War (Boer War) of 1899-1902, the memorial was one of a number commissioned from Birnie Rhind by Scottish regiments after the cessation of hostilities.

Carved in sandstone, the statue represents a trooper on scouting duty and displays all the skill and meticulous attention to detail which characterised the sculptors work. In his posing of the figure he vividly suggests tension and weariness as if the trooper, whilst taking a breather, has been alerted by the sound of an approaching Boer Commando. With his gaze fixed on the horizon, and with every muscle tensed, he twists his body in reaching for the rifle which lies behind him (now merely a fragment).

The model for the soldier was one of Birnie Rhind's assistants, Peter Tainsh-Hardie, whose portrait was used for Rhind's Boer War memorials in Edinburgh including, the Black Watch, King's Own Scottish Borderers and Scots Greys.

Paid for by subscriptions from rifle brigades throughout Scotland, the monument was erected under the supervision of A B McDonald , the City Engineer, and James Whitton, the Superintendent of Parks, on behalf of Glasgow Corporation who paid for the pedestal and site.

The unveiling was performed by Field Marshall The Duke of Connaught, the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief, on 28th September, 1906, with the 2nd Battalion of the regiment forming a Guard of Honour.

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1ST BATTALION
CAPT. F.A. LAMBTON CAPT. J.W.A. COWAN D.S.O.
2ND LIEUT. C.P.M. CRAIGIE-HALKETT 2ND LIEUT. L.H. GIBSON
COL. SERGT. W. KEEGAN SERGT. J. THOMSON LANCE SERGT. J. KING
CORPORALS J. DUFF A. LANG A. MORGAN G.E. WHITE
LANCE-CORPORAL T. MCDONALD
PRIVATES
A. ALLAN
T. BARRY
W. BIRRELL
R. BOWIE
T. BROWN
W. BROWNLIE
W. BURD
G. CADDENS
F. CADNEY
W. CALL
D. CAMERON
W. CAMERON
J. CLARK
H. COLEMAN
J. DAWSON
J. DEMPSEY
J. DICK
J. DOCHERTY
J. DUNN 5300
J. DUNN 5952
F.R. ELLABY
A. FERGUSON
E. HEMS
G. HUNTER
G. INGRAM
W. JOHNSTON
J. JOHNSTONE
T. JORDAN
C. KENNEDY
W. KENNEDY
J. KINLAY
T. KINNEY
G. KNOX
A. LANG
D. LINDSAY
G. LOUGHTON
J. McATEER
J. McDERMAID
H. McDEVITT
J. McDOWALL
D. McFARLANE
D. McGREGOR
W. McLEAN
T. McKENNA
R.C. McKENZIE
H. McKIBBIN
P. McNAIR
M.MALONEY
D. MAULE
A. MAYN
J. MELLON
A. MILLER
J. MILLOY
F. MORTON
G. MUIR
J. NIVEN
B. OWENS
R. PARK
J. PATERSON
J.T. PATTERSON
H. SIMPSON
W. SIMPSON
J. SMITH
R. SNEDDON
T. SPROUL
J. SWEENEY
W.D. TAYLOR
F. TRAVIS
J. VALENTINE
W. WARDROP
J. WATSON
H.W. WHITE
J. WINNING
J. WORKMAN

MOUNTED INFANTRY COMPANIES
LANCE-CORPORALS J.T. ALEXANDER W. HENDERSON
PRIVATES
E.H.R. ALFORD
T. CLARK
J. DALY
J. EVANS
J.B. FIGGEST
N. FRASER
J. GALBRAITH
G. GIBSON
H. HOLDER
C. IMRIE
G. LENTON
K. MACLEOD
J. McNEIL
S.A.J. MITCHELL
J. WEATHERALL
G. WILSON

3 RD BATTALION
PRIVATES
P. FLANNIGAN
A. FRASER
T. KYLE
A. LYON
J. McCONVILLE
J. McDONALD
A. MACKIE
H. MARTAIN
J. MOFFAT
J. QUINN
J. SHAY
J. TIBBS
G. THOMPSON
W. WOOD

4 TH BATTALION
PRIVATES
F. CAIRNS
E. KELLY
J. KIRK
T. McFADYEN
J. STEWART

VOLUNTEER SERVICE COMPANIES
PRIVATE J. JAMIESON 1ST V.B. H.L.I.
SERGEANT W. BLACK 2ND V.B. H.L.I.
PRIVATE R.A. McGILLIVRAY 2ND V.B. H.L.I.
SERGEANT J. COOPER 3RD V.B. H.L.I.
PRIVATE A. DOBIE 3RD V.B. H.L.I.
CORPL. J. WALKER 9TH LANARK R.V.
PRIVATE A. GRAY 9TH LANARK R.V.
PRIVATE D.M. ROSE 5TH V.B. H.L.I.