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Edinburgh, Fettes College, War Memorial
War Memorial (20th Century) (1921)
Site Name Edinburgh, Fettes College, War Memorial
Classification War Memorial (20th Century) (1921)
Canmore ID 267036
Site Number NT27NW 35.11
NGR NT 23613 75219
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/267036
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (27 September 2002)
A fallen officer props himself up with his left arm while raising his right arm to signal to his men to carry on. The rectangular pedestal elevates the stricken figure and has a horizontal relief on its front of two angels holding a central inscribed cartouche. On the back and sides of the pedestal are bronze panels with lists of the fallen.
In 1919 Fettes College commissioned William Birnie Rhind to produce the memorial after approving the design.
The lion and stag and low wall were added in 1946 to take the names of the Fettesians who fell in WWII.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On cartouche held by angels (raised letters):
TO / THE GLORIOUS / MEMORY OF / FETTESIANS / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918
On vertical face of top step of pedestal [below panel with angels] (raised letters):
CARRY ON
Signatures : (1) On E. / S.E. corner of bronze base (incised letters): BIRNIE RHIND 1920
(2) On W. edge of bronze base (incised letters): G. MANCINI / BRONZE-FOUNDER / EDINBURGH
Design period : 1920
Unveiling details : Unveiled October 1921 by General Sir W. E. Macpherson K.C.B.
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0611)
