On the Edinburgh Castle side of West Princes Street, overlooking the gardens is the Royal Scots Greys Memorial. It commemorates the regiment's fallen since the Boer War. It is very imposing. There is an interesting history on the statue here, in particular an unfinished debate on who the model for the soldier really was! This is quite likely to be one of the most photographed memorials in Scotland. Certainly one of the best known. I am surprised that there is not a list of the fallen anywhere. I hope I have done a good transcription.
There is a record of the memorial on the IWM's UK Memorial Database, but it does not have a record of the other conflicts that this regiment has been involved in. The number is IWM WMA REF: 53588
A link to the unveiling ceremony is here
The names of the fallen on this Datastore blogpage.
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THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1906 IN MEMORY OF THE ROYAL SCOT GREYS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE BOER WAR 1899 TO 1902 TABLETS WERE ADDED AFTER THE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 TO 1918 AND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 TO 1945 IN 1971 THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS AMALGAMATED WITH THE 3RD CARABINERS TO FORM THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (CARABINERS AND GREYS) |
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| Looking upwards from the gardens. West Princes Street is to the left. |
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| The Boer War Plaque |
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| The plaque with a list of the fallen from the Great War 1914-1918 This is the first part |
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| This is the second part of the list of the fallen from The Great War |
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| The left hand side the World War 2 Plaque |
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| The right hand side of the plaque |
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| Korea, Northern Ireland and Iraq plaque. The name of the sculptor MR WILLIAM BIRNIE RHIND can be seen on the top left corner of this photo |
