Situated in Wellington Square the memorial was unvieled in 1924. It commemorates the 817 men from Ayr who lost their lives in World War One, 272 of whom served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers who were Ayr's local regiment and were based in barracks at Ayr sea front. In 1956 the names of the 263 service personnel who lost their lives in World War Two were added to the memorial
