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Title
Royal Scots Greys Memorial
Date
1903–1906
Medium
bronze & Pardovan sandstone
Measurements
H 365 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 350 x W 370 x D 180 cm
Accession number
EH2_GB_S002
Acquisition method
military and public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
City of Edinburgh Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
16th November 1906
Listing date
14/12/70
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
west side of pedestal: BIRNIE RHIND / SC. 1906
Inscription description
IN MEMORY OF / OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE BOER WAR 1899–1902.; below eagles at sides of top edge of this panel: WATERLOO; on a second panel below: IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939–1945; on east and west sides are panels with identical inscriptions: IN MEMORY OF / OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & MEN / THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918; below these are further panels inscribed as follows: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1906 / IN MEMORY OF THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA / DURING THE BOER WAR 1899-1902, (followed by details of later conflicts commemorated in accompanying tablets); on west panel; IN MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY SINCE 1945 [names of the fallen]