Memorial

4th Battalion Royal Scots at Gallipoli

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Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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Current Location

St Giles' Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 1RE, Scotland

NT2573173576

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 8801
Description: Dark arched head frame with a bronze dedication plaque at centre framed in gilt (or brass), and a separate bronze plaque within the overall marble frame, for the epitaph.
Inscription: Main Plaque-TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF/ LT-COLONEL S.R. DUNN (T.D.)/ MAJORS J GRAY (T.D.)&/ J. N. HENDERSON/ CAPTAINS R.W.G. RUTHERFORD/ G. McCRAE J. ROBERTSON/ G.A.S. ROSS J.D. POLLOCK/ & R.E. MACKIE/ LIEUTENANTS C.F. ALLAN/ A. YOUNG & P.F. CONSIDINE/ 2ND LIEUTS C. PATERSON/ T.D. AITCHISON R.J. GIBSON/ & W.J. JOHNSTONE/ WARRANT OFFICERS NON-/COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE 4TH BN THE ROYAL SCOTS/ (QUEEN’S EDINBURGH RIFLES) WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE OF/ GULLY RAVINE. (SAGHIR DERE)/ GALLIPOLI PENINSULA ON THE 28TH/ DAY OF JUNE 1915. FIGHTING FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY. AND FOR THOSE/ THEY LOVED/ “WELL DONE ROYAL SCOTS”/ 28/6/1915 BRIG-GEN. DE LISLE/ Lower Plaque- GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 16
Died: 16
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: rank THEN surname

Frame

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good