KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS

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Reference WMO/117062

Address:

North Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 1QG

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Group sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
  • Colonial India
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
About the memorial: The memorial is part of the bridge and located close to Waverley Station. The memorial faces towards the castle with Calton Hill behind. The Monument is located on the south east bridge pier of North Bridge with the depicted soldiers facing west. The construction was from 1894 and completed in 1897. It consists of a group of four soldiers and has 24 individual carved stone elements with 4 associated bronze elements. The bronze inscription panel reads:- Edinburgh Walk IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS; AFGHANISTAN 1878-1880 EGYPT 1889 CHINLUSHAI 1889-1890 CHITRAL 1895 TIRAH 1897-1898 SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1902. The Memorial is about to be renovated and a new plaque added to cover all ranks who gave their lived for their country from when the Regiment was raised in 1689 to 2006 when it was amalgamated as part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS; AFGHANISTAN 1878-1880 EGYPT 1889 CHINLUSHAI 1889-1890 CHITRAL 1895 TIRAH 1897-1898 SOUTH AFRICA 1900-1902

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