19th Century Wars Memorial, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh
Posted in Edinburgh, War Memorials at 12:00 on 4 March 2024
Dean Cemetery is right next to the former Dean Gallery now known as Modern Two.
On a visit last May we took a stroll through the cemetery and I came across this, which appeared to be a Crimean War Memorial:-
The plaque reads, “In memory of 369 non-commissioned Officers and men of the 79th Highlanders who died in Bulgaria and the Crimea or fell in action during the campaign of 1854-5,” with beow that on the stone steps “Alma” and “Sevastopol”.
Close-up on plaque:-
However, a plaque on the other side of the memorial is dedicated to the East Indies Campaign of 1857-1871:-
On the step below it is commemorated “Lucknow”:-
Tags: Crimean War, Dean Cemetery, East Indies Campaign, East Indies Campaign 1857-1871, Edinburgh
