The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

spoons · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:10 am Post subject: Missing ROH - Glasgow Cathedral

may I draw your attention to this thread?

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=6395

anyone any ideas? HLI Museum perhaps?

\Paul

Adam Brown · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject:

The Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum does have a copy of the roll but it is a modern copy and looks like it was produced by the Scottish National War Memorial since it looks just like the rolls they have out in the shrine.

The SNWM rolls have all been digitised so I'm sure it would be easy enough for them to get a new HLI roll printed and presented to the Cathedral.

However given what we've seen elsewhere on the forum, and the amount of work that goes into most rolls of honour, then the originals could have been illuminated and would be impossible to replace.

Adam

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

Are Glasgow City Archives/Mitchell Library a possibility? Or is it still hiding in the Cathedral somewhere?

spoons · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:07 am Post subject:

Good ideas. I think I will see what David comes back with from the museum and what the War Memorials Trust suggest. Although I am quite happy to ask around, I think we might get a more thorough search if the request came from a regimental source etc.

\Paul

spoons · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject:

This roll of honour has now been found, it is in store in the HLI museum!

Full details on the thread quoted above.

\Paul

DelBoy · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:19 pm Post subject:

It always amazes me when you read a story in a newspaper that a museum or library have recently "discovered" something they didn't even know they had or still had?!

A good result though. Here's hoping the other missing RoH's turn up too.

Derek.