The 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross. It was unveiled in 1923 by the Duke of Argyll.
The 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Memorial lists details of the actions of the 8th Argyllshire Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, the 51st Highland Division, the 61st Division, and the 15th Scottish Division.
The 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Memorial notes that during service in the field (from 1 May 1915 until the end of the war) 51 officers and 831 NCOs and men were killed. 105 officers and 2,527 NCOs and men were wounded.
A Gaelic inscription on the memorial reads "friends are good on the day of the battle".
The 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Memorial is located 0.5km north west of Beaumont-Hamel on the north side of the D163 road to Mailly-Maillet adjacent to Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery and close to the Hawthorn Ridge mine crater.
