Memorial

Scottish Rugby Men

Overview

Source: Copyright Orphan work

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Current Location

South east side of the ground, near the railway bridge, Murrayfield Rugby Ground, Murrayfield, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH12 5PL, Scotland

NT 22707 72779

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Type of Memorial: Arch
WMR Reference Number: 2047
Description: Stone archway set on its own outside the stadium. Dedicatory inscription at the top of the arch. Designs carved in relief on the arch supports and at the base of the arch. Wreath carved in relief on two buttresses.
Inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ THE SCOTTISH RUGBY MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ HONOUR ALSO THOSE 1939 - 1945 WHO FOLLOWED THEM

Arch

Height: C 3600MM

Width: C 4500MM

Depth: C 2100MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Lots of detail on those lost (not named on the memorial)-warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=454&mforum=warmemscot
World War I Scottish Players Killed [From SRU library] Name Caps Played 1. R F Simson 1 1911 2. J L Huggan 1 1914 3. J Ross 5 1901-03 4. L Robertson 9 1908-13 5. F H Turner 15 1911-14 6. J Pearson 12 1909-13 7. D M Bain 11 1911-14 8. W C Church 1 1906 9. E T Young 1 1914 g 10. P C B Blair 5 1912-13 11. W M Wallace 4 1913-14 12. D R Bedell-Sivright 22 1900-08 d. ? Gallipoli (w) 13. W M Dickson 7 1912-13 g 14. D D Howie 7 1912-13 15. A Ross 5 1905-09 16. C H Abercrombie 6 1910-13 17. J S Wilson 2 1908-09 18. R Fraser 4 1911 19. E Milroy 12 1910-14 20. J G Will 7 1912-14 21. T A Nelson 1 1898 22. W T Forrest 8 1903-05 23. A L Wade 1 1908 24. J Y M Henderson 1 1911 25. J A Campbell 1 1900 26. S S L Steyn 2 1911-12 27. G A W Lamond 3 1899-1905 28. W R Hutchison 1 1911 29. R E Gordon 3 1913 30. W R Sutherland 13 1910-14
From "International Rugby Union: A Compendium of Scotland's Matches" by John Mcl. Davidson, 1994. Scottish international rugby players 1939-45 Roll of Honour. 1940: D.K.A. Mackenzie 1941: T.F. Dorward, A.W. Symington 1942: P. Munro, J.M. Ritchie, R.M. Kinnear, W.A. Ross, J.G.S. Forrest, D. St. C. Ford 1943: G. Roberts, W.M. Penman 1944: A.S.B. McNeil, W.N. Renwick, G.H. Gallie 1945: E.H. Liddell Plus, Boer War Roll of Honour. 1900: D.B. Monypenny