Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Renfrew
Town
Paisley
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Regimental Memorials, Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814), Burma (19th Century), Boer War; First (1880-1881), Anglo-Zulu War (1879), Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
90297

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Current location

Paisley Abbey
Abbey Close
Paisley
Renfrew
Strathclyde
PA1 1JQ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 48559 63954
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Stone Tablet
Inscription
TO THE/GLORY OF GOD/AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE/SECOND BATTALION/THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS/WHO FOUGHT IN/THE LOW COUNTRIES 1811/AT BERGEN-OP-ZOOM/ZULU WAR 1876/ULUNDI/SOUTH AFRICA 1880-1881/SIEGES OF PRETORIA POTCHEFSTROOM RUSTENBURG/BURMA WAR 1886/SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1901/COLENSO: SPION KOP: PIETERS HILL/RELIEF OF LADYSMITH: FREDERIKSTAD/FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918/1ST YPRES: CHELUVELT: NEUVE CHAPELLE/FESTUBERT: LOOS: THE SOMME: MONTAUBAN/GUILLEMONT: 3RD YPRES: ST QUENTIN: 1ST LYS/KEMMEL HILL: METEREN: 4TH YPRES: 2ND LYS/SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/FRANCE: BELGIUM: YPRES- COMMINES CANAL/MADAGASCAR: ITALY: R-MORO: R-CARIGLIANO/ANZIO: GERMANY: R. ELBE/RESURGAM//Raised in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire in 1804 the Battalion was disbanded in 1816/after the Napoleonic War: Re-raised at Paisley in April 1858 it served and again/disbanded after the Second World War. The last colours hanging above were/presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales: Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment at/Barrackpore India on December 29th 1921 and carried for the last time on/the disbandment parade at Dortmund-Germany on October 29th 1948
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Burma (19th Century)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; First (1880-1881)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    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
  • 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
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    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: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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