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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    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

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 22707 72779

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    © WMR-2047

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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
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Components

    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