SCOTLAND'S MEMORIAL.

Shannon News, 15 December 1925, Page 2

SCOTLAND'S MEMORIAL.

SUBMARINES AND AEROPLANE'S. IN STAINED GLASS. The scheme for (he creation of the Scottish National War "Memorial on Castle rock is steadily taking shape under lUe direction of the ■Duke of Ath oil's committee and the architect,; Sir Robert Lorimer, A.R;A. • The design consists of th c conversion of tlie old disused barrack build--1 ins: known ;;s: "Billings Buildings" into a gallery of honour, and the erection ■■>!.' a shrine abut!iris the north side of 'his old building'. The great arch nearly SO feet high, that leads from the. gallery into the shrine—the work of a. young Edinburgh sculptor. Mr. Pilkington Jackson—is, with its sculpture and carving, already complete. '' The shrine is to contain, a series oi" seven stained glass ■windows —eaoh measuring about three feet wide by J 6 feet high. In the naval window 'he subjects ar e destroyers, a camouflaged transport ,the deck of a battle i hip, and submarines. Th c Air Force window shows aeroplanes, airships. soap lanes, and kite balloons. It is hoped that, if the present rate of progress is maintained, the structural work will b( ; completed in the autumn or' I!>2G.