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78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial
78th Highlanders Memorial

Image credit: Gordon Baird

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Memorial to the men of the 78th Highland Regiment who died during the uprising against the British rule of India in 1857 to 1858. The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross on a two-stage plinth. It is carved with entwined interlace cable work, a stag's head and an Indian elephant and surrounded by decorative wrought-iron railings.
Title

78th Highlanders Memorial

Date

1862

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 800 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

EH1_GB_S017

Work type

Cross

Owner

City of Edinburgh Council

Custodian

City of Edinburgh Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

16th April 1862.

Listing date

15/10/01

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on east, west and south faces of the base are the names of the fallen; the north face bears the inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THE LXXVIII HIGHLAND REGIMENT WHO FELL IN / THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MUTINY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF INDIA IN THE / YEARS MDCCCLVII AND MDCCCLVIII: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED AS A / TRIBUTE OF THE RESPECT BY THEIR SURVIVING BROTHER OFFICERS AND / COMRADES AND BY MANY OFFICERS WHO FORMERLY BELONGED TO THE / REGIMENT. ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXI.

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Located at

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

On the Castle Esplanade.