A war memorial to the Free French forces who fought in the Second World War stands on the western brow of the hill. The Free French Memorial, Greenock, was built in the shape of the Cross of Lorraine, the emblem of the Free French, combined with an anchor. It has plaques commemorating the loss of the Flower-class corvettes "Alyssa" and "Mimosa", and of the submarine "Surcouf". Locally, it is also associated with the memory of the loss of the "Maillé Brézé" which blew up at the Tail of the Bank.