Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8801
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Current location
St Giles' Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1RE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT2573173576
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- 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
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Frame
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- St Giles Cathedral
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