War Memorials at Stirling Castle
Posted in History, War Memorials at 15:00 on 25 June 2015
As at Edinburgh Castle there are War Memorials on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.
Again there is one to the Indian Mutiny, this one dedicated to the men of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment who died at Seringapatam, Delhi and in the Relief of Lucknow.
The other side of the memorial names the officers (1 colonel, 2 captains, 6 lieutenants and 1 surgeon) but only gives the total numbers of other ranks (13 sergeants, 9 corporals, 3 drummers and 216 privates) – all of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment – who died in the mutiny, 1857-8.
Again too there is a Memorial to the South African War (Second Boer War) dedicated to the men of the 1st Battalion (Princess Louise’s) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The plaque here gives the names of the officers and non-commissioned officers who died:-
The plaques on these two sides give the names of the privates:-
Staring out towards the scene of his great victory at Bannockburn is a statue of Robert Bruce.