The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

DerekR · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: Fettes College

Location- Beside Fettes College (East side)
UKNIWM Ref no: not listed

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Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:

Here are some more images. No close ups of the statue I'm afraid

I have mediocre photos of the name panels. They aren't clear enough to post here but I can send them by e-mail if anyone wants them.

Adam

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: VictoriaCross

I've tinkered about with the photos and although not brilliant you can see some of the names. I couldn't get good images of the WW2 panels though. I can confirm names for anyone.

Note there are three Victoria Cross winners on the Great War panels

Lt Col W.H. Anderson VC, HLI
Capt C W H Chree VC, Royal Scots
Lt D MacKintosh VC, Seaforths

Lt Col Anderson has been discussed on the Cardross thread here

Adam

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

Note there are two Salvesens listed but they are not the Salvesens commemorated in St Giles (see here). One is commemorated on the Gretna Rail Crash memorial in rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh

Adam

jamesmacleod · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Indiana, USA

Taken summer 2008:

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jamesmacleod · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Indiana, USA

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Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject:

Nearly three years since I last took photographs here. How time flies!

The car's temperature gauge said it was 0.0 degrees centigrade today so I didn't hang about taking too many photos. At least the Second World War ones turned out OK this time

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject:

New ones of the First World War plaques. I may try and crop the middle two and post them again

Adam Brown · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:47 pm Post subject:

More images of the memorial itself

There was a low Winter sun rising in front of the memorial today so the rear of the statue was in bad light for my poor wee camera

And the stag and lion again

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Unveiled by Major General Sir WG Macpherson KCMG in October 1921

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

There are 3 ROHs-2 for WW1 and 1 for WW2.

WW1-Old Fettesians who Served 1914-1919-ROH including the dead in bold-published in 1920

WW1-updated version by current master DBMcDowell-includes staff-1094 served-259 killed.died of disease/wounds or accident-unpublished

WW2-ROH including the dead in the text-122 died -published in 1948

Revised date for WW1 Memorial ceremony-Sat 15th October 1921

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Rededicated on Sunday 8th May 1949.Two tablets listing the dead were unveiled by the President of th OFAssociation,HWaddell, and General Sir Robert Whigham GSB,DSO.Address by Major General Ian Hay Beith CBE,MC.All 3 Old Fettesians.

DelBoy · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: Lt. Duncan Stuart Ross McPherson

WW1
Lt. D.S.R. McPherson, I.A.

(Glasgow Herald 1st Dec 1914)
"Lieutenant Duncan Stuart Ross McPherson, the 7th Gurkha Rifles, who was killed in action on November 23, was attached to 2/8th Gurkha Rifles. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant (unattached) in 1908, joined the Indian army in 1910, and was promoted to be lieutenant in 1911. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and was in his 26th year. He was the only son of Surgeon-General W.G. McPherson C.M.G. Honorary Physician to the King."

Name: MACPHERSON, DUNCAN STUART ROSS
Initials: D S R
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: 7th Gurkha Rifles
Age: 25
Date of Death: 23/11/1914
Additional information: Only child of Maj. Gen. Sir W. G. Macpherson and Elizabeth Anne Clunas or Macpherson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 20.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

DelBoy · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:36 pm Post subject: Lt. Duncan Stuart Ross McPherson

WW1
Lt. D.S.R. McPherson, I.A.

(Glasgow Herald 1st Dec 1914)
"Lieutenant Duncan Stuart Ross McPherson, the 7th Gurkha Rifles, who was killed in action on November 23, was attached to 2/8th Gurkha Rifles. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant (unattached) in 1908, joined the Indian army in 1910, and was promoted to be lieutenant in 1911. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and was in his 26th year. He was the only son of Surgeon-General W.G. McPherson C.M.G. Honorary Physician to the King."

Name: MACPHERSON, DUNCAN STUART ROSS
Initials: D S R
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: 7th Gurkha Rifles
Age: 25
Date of Death: 23/11/1914
Additional information: Only child of Maj. Gen. Sir W. G. Macpherson and Elizabeth Anne Clunas or Macpherson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 20.
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

dalblair · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 564 Location: coupar angus

Designed by John Kinross with sculpture by Birnie Rhynd.