The unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the “costliest chapter” in the history of The Black Watch regiment takes place next year.
Council officials from Perth and Kinross, Angus and Dundee will travel to Belgium to attend the dedication ceremony.
Created by Alan Herriot, the sculpture of the kilted Highlander will sit at Black Watch Corner, near Ypres, where the battalion suffered its greatest losses.
Their actions on November 1914 against the Kaiser’s Prussian Guard brought an end to the First Battle of Ypres, stopping the German advance to the coast.
It will be erected to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, a conflict that saw the loss of 8000 brave soldiers and officers, while a further 20,000 were wounded.
As part of the efforts to remember the fallen, The Black Watch Association has asked Perth and Kinross, Angus and Dundee City councils to pay their own tribute.
Each local authority will donate £500 towards three wooden benches that will be inscribed with their civic crest and placed at Black Watch Corner.
The Lord Provost of Dundee City Council, the Provost of Angus Council and the Depute Provost of Perth and Kinross will also attend a battlefield tour and ceremony at Menin Gate on May 2, followed by the service of dedication on May 3.
Despite being based in Belgium, the statue will have its heart in Tayside and Fife the traditional recruiting area of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS).
Mr Herriot’s previous work includes the bronze soldier and girl statue at the North Inch in Perth and the piper at House of Bruar in Highland Perthshire.
His depiction of a soldier in the First World War uniform will be unveiled and dedicated at Black Watch Corner on May 3 next year, before being handed over for safekeeping to the townspeople of Zonnebeke.
It is hoped that more than 200 serving soldiers and veterans will travel to Belgium to attend the dedication ceremony.
Lieutenant Colonel Roddy Riddell, vice-chairman of the regimental association, has previously described it as an apt tribute to those who paid the “ultimate sacrifice” on the battlefields of Flanders.
He added: “This statue will be a unique and powerful symbol of the fighting spirit of The Black Watch which lives on to this day.
“Although the battle was a bloody and terrible time for the regiment, it is heartening to know that the memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice will live on.”