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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: 74th Highlanders - St Giles Cathedral |
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UKNIWM Ref: 8769
OS Map Ref: NT 257 736
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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UKNIWM ref amended, previously had incorrect number.
Update including photo sent to UKNIWM 24 Sep 2007
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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this memorial is number 17 on the St Giles plan |
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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject: 74th Highlanders St Giles cathedral edinburgh |
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This memorial is to the Officers and men from the 74th Highlanders (later the HLI ) who were casualties in the 8th XHOSA WARS or CAPE FRONTIER WARS .
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Just to clarify Pat's comments. The South Africa names are from the 8th XHOSA WARS or CAPE FRONTIER WARS
The wars listed are:
In India 1789 - 1805
In the Peninsula and France 1810 - 1814
In South Africa 1851 - 2
In Egypt 1882
Loss of HMS 'Birkenhead' 1852
the memorial was erected in 1886 when the 74th Highlanders were officially called the 2nd Bn Highland Light Infantry.
They had been 2nd Bn HLI since 1st July 1881 but were still wearing their 74th trews at Tel-el-Kebir in September 1882 (as were the old 72nd who had become 1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders but were still in trews for this campaign)
Interestingly it doesn't show the Indian Mutiny. The 74th were in India in 1857-58 but were not involved in the main campaigns so did not suffer many losses. Without any officers dying during that war I'm assuming that it why it was left off the memorial.
It also doesn't list the officers and men the regiment would have lost to disease in India and Africa over that period.
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Adam Brown Curator
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Lt Col Fordyce, listed under South-Africa 1851-2, is also commemorated on a plaque inEdrom Parish church
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8115
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Adam
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