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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.