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    Memorial

    Gordon Highlanders India 1892 to 1898

    Gordon Highlanders India 1898

    Source: Copyright Jonathan Sim

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    Current Location

    Duthie Park, Great Southern Road, Aberdeen, City Of Aberdeen, Grampian, AB11 7BH, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NJ 93627 04499

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    Type of Memorial
    Allegory (eg: Victory)
    WMR Reference Number
    5818
    Description
    Stepped base and tapering triangular pillar surmounted by a small stand made of three carved mythical heads fused together and each facing a different direction. Originally a bronze angel holding a laurel wreath stood on top of the memorial but the angel was missing by 1997, and still missing in 2007. NW face: Regimental badge SW face: St Andrews cross against a wreath of thistles, a sphinx, and a royal tiger. NE face: Badge of the Aberdeen Volunteers.
    Inscription
    NW base: ERECTED BY THE 1ST BATTALION GORDON HIGHLANDERS IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO SW base: WERE KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE DURING THEIR TOUR OF SERVICE IN INDIA FROM JANUARY 1892 TO NOVEMBER 1898 NW Pillar: (Names) SW pillar: GORDON HIGHLANDERS/ EGYPT/ INDIA/ (Names)
    War
    East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Number Commemorated
    129
    Died
    129
    Information shown
    Rank, initials of forenames, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    Rank THEN alphabetically by surname
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs Henderson and Webster, Mason

    • Mr Douglas Strachan, Designer

    • Mr Pomeroy, Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    01 December 1900

    Colonel Mathias, who led the charge at Darqai

    Components

    Pillar

    Height: 4500mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Unknown


    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Lost


    • http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1609&mforum=warmemscot
    • The Observer 2 December 1900 page 3
    • Aberdeen Daily Journal 26 July 1899. Issue 7907 page 10
    • SHIRREFFS, WILLIAM "WAR MEMORIALS IN THE FORMER COUNTIES OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN ABERDEENSHIRE, BANFFSHIRE, KINCARDINE AND MORAY" (1997)