Memorial

Military Nursing Services - Scottish Nurses

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Memorial No.33 on right hand side of High Church section of Cathedral, St Giles' Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 1RE, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NT 25731 73576

Denomination

Church of Scotland

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 8786
Description: Elaborate cast bronze plaque, with a rectangular panel carrying the raised inscription beneath a the pediment at the centre of which is a bronze statuette of St. Andrew with the Saltire cross. Two female figures depicted in low relief at the bottom left and right of the plaque; both hold large banners in one hand. The left figure represents Grief and Sacrifice, and is depicted kneeling with head bowed and holding a wreath in her other hand. The right figure represents Patriotism and Courage, and is depicted kneeling with head held upright and holding a dagger in her other hand. Coloured Regimental badges of the QAIMNS, QAIMNSR, and TFNS at the top center of plaque. The most impressive of four memorials funded by the Military Nurses' War Memorial Fund (raised by subscriptions) and installed in locations in each of the four Nations to commemorate members of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and the Territorial Force Nursing Service who lost their lives in the Great War. See WMR 50364 (English Nurses), WMR 43520 (Irish Nurses), and WMR 83201 (Welsh Nurses).
Inscription: (Names)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ SCOTTISH NURSES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ ERECTED BY MEMBERS/ OF THE/ MILITARY NURSING SERVICES

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 40
Died: 40
Information shown: Service, rank, forename, initial, surname
Order of names: By rank

History

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: In 1921 the plaque was stated to be set in green marble, but current photographs show it fixed directly to the wall. The name of Catherine C.C. Miller was originally shown as Caroline C.C.Miller.

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