Events at The Black Watch

The poignant ‘D-Day: Soldiers of Sacrifice’ sculpture will be visiting The Black Watch Castle and Museum from Saturday 17th July until Monday 30th August – The first time the sculpture has visited Scotland.

Funded by the Heritage Lottery and commissioned by The D-Day Story museum in Portsmouth the sculpture commemorates the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings and provides a lasting tribute to the lives lost in the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings.

Renowned artist Alfie Bradley created the statue to represent Lieutenant Den Brotheridge. Lieutenant Brotheridge served with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War. He is thought to have been the first Allied serviceman killed on D-Day.

The structure is made from steel rods, steel sheets, welding wire, resin and 4,413 replica bullets. Each bullet representing his comrades in arms who fell in battle later that day. The soldier’s form is crouched down as if to throw a grenade, but instead he is releasing a dove; symbolising peace and acknowledging that these soldiers’ deaths were not in vain.

During WW2, The Highland Division became known as ‘The Highway Decorators’ because they painted their emblem wherever they went. Take inspiration from this iconic logo or use your imagination to create your own cross stitch design.

To follow the recommended covid safety guidelines, we will take the actions below:
• We will have 4 tables per session. Sessions will last for 40 minutes
• Tables will have at least 2 metre distance between them and be fully cleaned between sessions
• Each table can have a maximum of 5 persons from two households (under 5’s do not count in these numbers)
• Each group/bubble will have their own supplies

Ages 5+