Scottish Veterans Residences

  • Scottish Veterans Residences Memorial, Eastern Cemetery - Taken by Scottish Veterans Residences 12 Apr 2024

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Reference WMO/302832

Address:

Eastern Cemetery

Drum Terrace

Leith

Edinburgh

EH7 5NB

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Unknown
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
  • 20th Century Wars
About the memorial: This is not a war memorial. “Headstones or grave-markers marking the place of burial of an individual or group of people killed as a result of war or conflict” are not deemed war memorials under the definition of what is recorded which is hosted by IWM’s War Memorials Register see Links. The record has been left on this website as having been added we recognise that some people may perceive it as such but technically, because it relates to a burial ground it is not a war memorial. Generally war memorials are located in place of bodies which have not been repatriated. Scottish Veterans Residences was established in 1910, and Whitefoord House in the Canongate area of Edinburgh's Old Town opened its doors to homeless Veterans on 1 January, 1911. The memorial was erected within Eastern Cemetery, which is bordered by Easter Road, Drum Terrace, Albion Road and St Clair Street. The sandstone memorial measures 6.25m (w) x 1.98m (h) x 0.35m (d) and includes 11 separate bronze panels with the names of Servicemen who passed away while residents of Scottish Veterans Residences in Edinburgh, between 1917 and 1943. Each name is accompanied by their regiment or service. Thereafter, the names of residents were inscribed in a Memorial Book. To view the memorial, enter the cemetery via the Drum Terrace entrance, then bear right for around 50 yards.
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THE BURYING GROUND OF THE SCOTTISH NAVAL & MILITARY VETERANS RESIDENCE WHITEFOORD HOUSE AND CALLANDER HOUSE EDINBURGH

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