Scottish Soldiers and Sailors Fallen in the Boer War

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Reference WMO/259828

Address:

Queen Victoria School

Perth Road

Dunblane

FK15 0JY

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other structure/building
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: The memorial is a school built through subscriptions from serving personnel and other interested parties. Opened by King Edward VII in 1908. Queen Victoria School was created in memory of those who had died in the South African wars of the late 19th Century. It is to the north of Dunblane, with brass dedication plaque, which is on the wall as you enter the main building
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Plaque- Queen Victoria School/To the Glory of God/AND/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA/AND OF/HER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/THIS SCHOOL IS BUILT AND EQUIPPED/BY THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE/THE SCHOOL WAS OPENED AND THE FOUNDATION/STONE OF THE CHAPEL WAS LAID/BY/HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD/ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 1908/OFFICE BEARERS/EARL OF ROTHESAY K.G. K.T. PRSEIDENT OF THE COUNCIL/COL. SIR P.D.TROTTER CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/R. ADDISON SMITH M.V.O. HONORARY TREASURER 1902-1914/HONORARY SECRETARY 1906-1912/A.A. GORDON M.V.O. HONORARY SECRETARY..../BUILDING COMMITTEE/COL. SIR ROBERT CRANSTON, K.C.V.O., C.B. CHAIRMAN JAMES A. ANDERSON/COL. SIR GEORGE T. BEATSON K.C.B./LORD DUNEDIN K.C.V.O. JAMES/HALDANE, COL. R.C. MACKENZIE C.B., C.J.G. PATERSON, J. BAIRD/THORNEYCROFT, LIEUT. COL. MARQUESS OF TULLIBARDINE, M.V.O.D. S.O./JOHN E. YOUNG AND THE HONORARY TREASURER/As their fathers served the State, so also I pray that/the children may grow up under the shelter of this/building to be useful in their station and calling/King Edward

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