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
- 8813
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Current location
St Giles' Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1RE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 25727 73591
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Plain white marble rectanglar tablet set within a mottled brown marble frame. Coloured regimental crest at the top centre of the tablet. Latin cross in relief on a gold background at the bottom centre of the tablet. Black Roman Lettering.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS/ WARRANT OFFICERS/ NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND MEN/ OF THE/ NINTH BATTALION/ (HIGHLANDERS)/ THE ROYAL SCOTS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ I WILL GIVE THEM AN EVERLASTING NAME
- 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
- Frame
Measurements: height 1000 mm, width 500 mm
Materials: Marble - Brown - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- Condition
- Costs
Comments: Memorial sponsored by Royal Scots donation
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- St. Giles Cathedral
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