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Field Visit
Date 25 September 2002
Event ID 612866
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612866
Rectangular bronze panel attached to wall listing the fallen soldiers of the South African War. Above, in an open pediment is a stag's head surrounded by ivy. In each corner of the main inscription panel is a thistle.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On banner below crown (raised letters): BY DAND
Below banner, on cartouche (entwined raised numbers): 1899
On banner at bottom of memorial (raised letters): NATAL / TRANSVAAL / CAPE COLONY / ORANGE FREE STATE
On cartouche, centre of bottom of memorial (entwined raised numbers): 1902
On panel inset into wall below memorial (raised letters): ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES
At the top of the main panel (in raised letters): OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 TO 1902
Signatures : Bottom right (W.) corner (incised letters):
A. DRURY. A.R.A.S.
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0485)
