
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- Midlothian
- Town
- Penicuik
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44695
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Current location
Inside the Barracks Entrance
opposite the Guardroom
Glencorse Barracks
Penicuik
Midlothian
Lothian
EH26 0QL
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 24694 62205
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- GERMAN 133MM GUN MOUNTED ONTO A STONE PLINTH. BRASS PLAQUE PLACED ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- THIS GUN WAS PRESENTED TO ONE/ OF SCOTLAND'S MOST FAMOUS/ SOLDIERS WHO, DURING HIS/ COMMAND OF THE BRITISH ARMY/ IN FRANCE 1915 - 1918,/ LED BATTALIONS FROM ALL SCOTTISH/ INFANTRY REGIMENTS TO FINAL/ VICTORY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Gun
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plinth
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Army
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