French Prisoners of War


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Reference WMO/288128

Address:

Valleyfield Mills

Bellerophon Drive

Penicuik

EH26 8NU

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Outside - hilltop/field/countryside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: A cenotaph set on a hillock with steps leading up to it. On its front is a stone with dedication. It forms the centrepiece of the new housing estate which has replaced the old paper mill
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THE MORTAL REMAINS OF/ 309 PRISONERS OF WAR/ WHO DIED IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD/ BETWEEN 21ST MARCH 1811 AND 26TH JULY 1814/ ARE INTERRED NEAR THIS SPOT/ GRATA QUIES PATRIAE SED ET OMNES TERRA SEPULCHRIM/ CERTAIN INHABITANTS OF THIS PARISH DESIRING TO REMEMBER/ THAT ALL MEN ARE BRETHREN CAUSED THIS MONUMENT/ TO BE ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1830

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