Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial
Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gordon Baird

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The memorial is a Celtic cross carved with scrollwork on the south side of the shaft of the cross, to about two thirds of the way down. The bottom of the shaft is carved with a lion rampant on a shield. All carving is in low relief. Below the shaft are four stages, the third one being made up of four rusticated layers. Attached to this are three bronze panels listing fallen soldiers. The fourth stage is a base of large flat stones, their edges left rough. The memorial commemorates the men who died in South Africa during the Boer War of 1899–1902.
Title

Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial

Date

1905

Medium

Peterhead granite

Accession number

EH1_GB_S019

Work type

War memorial

Owner

City of Edinburgh Council

Custodian

City of Edinburgh Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

C (Scotland)

Listing date

15/10/01

Access

at all times

Inscription description

IN MEMORY OF / OFFICERS. NON COMMISSIONED. OFFICERS AND MEN / KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1901-2 [names of the fallen] NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT / 1900 / SCOTTISH HORSE

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Located at

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade,

EH1 2NG

On the Castle Esplanade.