Edinburgh, East Princes Street Gardens, Spanish Civil War Monument
Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, East Princes Street Gardens, Spanish Civil War Monument
Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) War Memorial
Canmore ID 282453
Site Number NT27SE 5946
NGR NT 2548 7371
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282453
- 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 (15 June 2000)
Granite (?) boulder with inscription plaque.
Inscriptions : On bronze plaque at top of boulder's east side:
TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO WENT FROM / THE LOTHIANS AND FIFE TO SERVE / IN THE WAR IN SPAIN / 1936 - 1939
NOT TO A FANFARE OF TRUMPETS, / NOR EVEN THE SKIRL O' THE PIPES, / NOT FOR THE OFFER OF A SHILLING, / NOR TO SEE THEIR NAMES UP IN LIGHTS.
THEIR CALL WAS A CRY OF ANGUISH, / FROM THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF SPAIN. / SOME PAID WITH THEIR LIVES IT IS TRUE: / THEIR SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN.
ERECTED BY / FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE ASSOCIATION.
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0173)