Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Maker
Sir John Steell RSA (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8771

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Current location

Far end of Cathedral to left of altar when facing altar
St Giles' Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1RE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 25728 73590
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Rectangular, dowy headed tablet depicting a bowed figure over a funeral urn with a Highlander's helmet by the side. central portion of tablet bears inscription in black lettering; whole is mounted on wall by two rectangular blocks.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/ TWO OFFICERS/ TWENTY ONE SERJEANTS, TWENTY SEVEN CORPORALS/ NINE DRUMMERS, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE PRIVATES/ FORTY SEVEN WOMEN AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR CHILDREN,/ OF THE SEVENTY EIGHTH HIGHLAND REGIMENT/ IN ALL AMOUNTING TO SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE, /WHO DIED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER INDUS IN SINDE BETWEEN/ THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR,/ AND THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
St. Giles' Cathedral

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