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IanA
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I was in Edinburgh the other day and had a look at the Old College memorial. Luckily, I took some pics (with only my toy camera to hand, I'm afraid) as I discovered that it does not appear on this site yet. Walking through the Old College gates from South Bridge, the memorial, a series of bronze plaques by Pilkington Jackson, is situated directly opposite at the west end of the quadrangle.
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The large panels commemorate those who fell in the Great War and, below them, six more panels have been added to commemorate those lost in the Second World War.
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This figure occupies a niche above the panels -
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Kenneth Morrison
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Wow! What a find. In all the years I have visited Edinburgh I had no idea that this memorial existed and I don't think I have seen so many doctors.
A couple of names (from WW2)
ASKARI, SAIYID WASIUL HASAN.
Rank:Major
Service No:MZ/8318
Date of Death:21/10/1943
Age:40
Regiment/Service:Indian Army Medical Corps
22nd Indian Convalescent Depot.
Cemetery:KARBALA ISOLATED GRAVE
Additional Information:Son of Syed Hasan Askari, of Jaigahan, Jaunpur, India; husband of Begum Ale Sughra Askari, of Karachi, Pakistan. M.B., Ch. B. (Edin.), D.T.M., D.T.H. (Liverpool), F.R.C.S.
BARKLA, JOHN MICHAEL.
Rank:Flight Lieutenant
Service No:129760
Date of Death:31/08/1943
Age:27
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Grave Reference:7. B. 2.
Cemetery:MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Professor Charles Glover Barkla, F.R.S., D.SC., LL.D., and Mary Esther Barkla, of Edinburgh. M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.).
And Kirkcudbrightshire's own
GIFFORD, PATRICK.
Rank:Squadron Leader
Service No:90188
Date of Death:16/05/1940
Age:30
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 3 Sqdn.
Awards:D F C
Panel Reference:Panel 4.
Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Patrick and Helene Alma Gifford.
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