Memorial

University of Edinburgh Alumni

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Current Location

Old College. Western side of quad, inside centre archway above stairs, University of Edinburgh, Old Quad, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH8 9YL, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NT 259 733

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Wall
WMR Reference Number: 61983
Description: Stone wall with figure statue centred above bronze plaques with names. Each bronze plaque topped with a crest in relief with the University of Edinburgh crest in centre. Incised dedicatory inscription in Latin above plaques with incised dedicatory inscription in English at base.
Inscription: Top: Arms of Navy, Army, RAF and RAMC with the Arms of the University in the centre Upper: VIVERE NOS DOCEANT QUI DIDICERE MORI Plaques: (Names) Lower: MCMXIV/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE ALUMNI/ OF THIS UNIVERSITY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ MCMXIX Below: 1939 and 1945 on side walls Plaques: (Names) On paving slabs: THEY TURNED WITHOUT FEAR OR QUESTION FROM THESE GATES OF LEARNING TO THE GRAVE / IN ORDER THAT MEN MIGHT CONTINUE TO LEARN FREEDOM/ Rudyard Kipling 7th ????

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 979
Died: 979
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations, additional
Order of names: surname THEN forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 229
Died: 229
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations, additional
Order of names: surname THEN forename

History

Maker(s): Pilkington-Jackson, Designer

Ceremonies

Unveiled

19 Febuary 1923

Earl of Balfour, Chancellor of the University. Wreaths also laid by Polish, French and Serbian students

Unveiled

1952

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University of Edinburgh Alumni

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

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