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    Memorial

    Kings Own Scottish Borderers - 1878-1902

    Overall View

    Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

    1/4

    Current Location

    On one of the piers of the new North Bridge between Old and New Town., North Bridge, North Bridge, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 1SB, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 25905 73829

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    Type of Memorial
    Sculptured / Cast group
    WMR Reference Number
    53597
    Description
    Group of four soldiers in Boer War campaign dress in action with the central one standing. Wreath at lower part of the plinth, with a rectangular bronze dedicatory plaque beneath it.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO, WHILST/ SERVING WITH THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS, (THE EDINBURGH REGIMENT)/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS AFGHANISTAN, 1878-1880. EGYPT, 1888-1889/ CHIN LUSHAI, 1889-1890. CHITRAL, 1895./ TIRAH, 1897-1898. SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-1902.
    War
    First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    War
    Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    War
    East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Maker(s)
    • MR WILLIAM BIRNIE RHIND RSA, Designer

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    4 October 1906

    Lieutenant General Sir E P Leach VC KCB

    Components

    Figures

    Height: 3000mm


    Made from: Stone - Freestone


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone - Freestone


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 267 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
    • BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN Edinburgh (1984) p.285. Source: Image Library
    • Scottish War Memorials Project http://http:??warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic178.html
    • The Times 5 October1906 page 10
    • Carter Postcard Collection