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On the 8th June 2025 I shall be hiking up Ben Lomond in full Cricket kit!
I'm hoping to raise £1,000 to help fund a small outdoor War Memorial for the Sports club to increase accessibility and awareness of the Hillhead High School War Memorial Panels that are located upstairs in the Sports Bar.
As some of you will be aware, the reason Hillhead Sports Club exists is that money was raised following the huge losses in the First World War to create a lasting memorial to those former pupils and staff of Hillhead High School who never came home. Land was acquired at Hughenden for a sports and recreational ground, and it opened on 24th May 1924.
The Memorial Tablets, which can be seen in the "Yill Hoose" Sports Club bar, were engraved with the names of those former staff and pupils who lost their lives during the Great War. A further panel was added in 1948 to commemorate those lost during the 2nd World War.
The Very Rev. Dr. John Smith made the following statement when he dedicated the WW1 tablets in 1924:
"When, as is natural enough with the passage of years, we incline to take Hughenden for granted simply as our ground, we should do well to ponder on the toll of youth that was its price. Only their renown has come back to us, but their names are deeply graven on the tablets of memory."
The plan is to raise enough funds to purchase a 'The Original Tommy Soldier Statue - 6ft' from the Royal British Legion (RBLI) and also pay for the installation in an outdoor area of the Sports Club where it is accessible to everyone.
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