Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast group
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899), Colonial India, Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
MR WILLIAM BIRNIE RHIND RSA (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 4 October 1906
    Attended by: Lieutenant General Sir E P Leach VC KCB
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
53597

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Current location

On one of the piers of the new North Bridge between Old and New Town.
North Bridge
North Bridge
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1SB
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 25905 73829
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Group of four soldiers in Boer War campaign dress in action with the central one standing. Wreath at lower part of the plinth, with a rectangular bronze dedicatory plaque beneath it.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WHO, WHILST/ SERVING WITH THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS, (THE EDINBURGH REGIMENT)/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS AFGHANISTAN, 1878-1880. EGYPT, 1888-1889/ CHIN LUSHAI, 1889-1890. CHITRAL, 1895./ TIRAH, 1897-1898. SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-1902.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figures
    Measurements: height 3000mm
    Materials: Stone - Freestone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Freestone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 267 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • The Times 5 October1906 page 10
  • Scottish War Memorials Project http:??warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic178.html
  • BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN Edinburgh (1984) p.285. Source: Image Library

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