Fettes College

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Reference WMO/198187

Address:

Fettes College

Carrington Road

Edinburgh

EH14 1QX

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Sculpted figure of a soldier mounted on a rectangular pedestal. Plaque on 6 o'clock face with sculpted angels holding a laurel wreath, within which is a shield with dedicatory inscription. On each of the other pedestal faces, there is a plaque listing WW1 names. The pedestal is placed on a two stepped base surrounded on three sides by a low wall. Two additional plaques mounted on wall, bearing WW2 names and dates. Wall ends with sculpted figures, a heraldic lion with shield on left side and a heraldic deer with shield on right side. The entire memorial is set in a paved enclosure, surrounded by a garden.
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6 o'clock face of plinth: TO/ THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF/ FETTESIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ CARRY ON Other faces of plinth: (Names) At base of sculpture: BIRNIE RHIND 1920 Wall: (Names)/ 1939-1945

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