Memorial in St Giles’s Cathedral, Edinburgh commemorating the officers and men of the 74th Highlanders d. 1852 in the wreck of the ‘Birkenhead’
Location
St Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE / 74TH HIGHLANDERS. / (NOW THE 27TH BATN. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY) WHO WERE KILLED OR MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE VARIOUS ACTIONS IN / WHICH THE REGIMENT WAS ENGAGED... / ALSO OF LT. COL. ALEXR. SETON ENSIGN ALEXR C RUSSELL / AND 48 N.C.O. AND MEN OF THE REGT WHO WERE DROWNED AT THE / WRECK OF H.M.S. 'BIRKENHEAD' OFF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, / AFTER ALL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON BOARD HAD BEEN / SAFELY LANDED IN THE SHIP'S BOATS / ERECTED BY SURVIVING COMRADES 1886'
Details
Description: Gothic architectural surround, flags above the inscription.
Type: Monument
Materials: Bronze?
Vessel: Birkenhead
Type: Monument
Materials: Bronze?
Vessel: Birkenhead
People
Seton, Alexander
Age: 38
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Organisation: British Army
Russell, Alexander Cumine
Age: 18
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ensign
Organisation: British Army
Age: 38
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Organisation: British Army
Russell, Alexander Cumine
Age: 18
Date of Death: 26/2/1852
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ensign
Organisation: British Army
Extra
Notes: Alexander Seton born 4/10/1814. Alexander C. Russell born 17/8/1833.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 141; A. C. Addison and W.H. Matthews 'A deathless story: or the Birkenhead and its Heroes' (London, 1906), p. 138 (illustration).
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 141; A. C. Addison and W.H. Matthews 'A deathless story: or the Birkenhead and its Heroes' (London, 1906), p. 138 (illustration).