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Cannongate
Town or City: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
WMT Reference Number: WM9280
Value of grant: £3450.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund
Year: 2015
UKNIWM reference number: 13427
The memorial consists of a cast bronze plaque which depicts a detailed relief of a Highland soldier and a sailor, both in mourning pose with head bowed and rifle reversed. Below the Highlander is a St Andrews cross while below the sailor is a white ensign. The plaque is mounted on the wall of the Tollbooth museum on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
In 2015 a grant of £35,190 was offered to eight different war memorials in Edinburgh for repair and conservation works. Following completion of the works in 2016 a grant of £27,600 was awarded as costs were lower than anticipated. This Showcase shows the grant paid for each grant as an eighth of the total cost, £3,450.
The works to the Cannongate war memorial dealt with corrosion of the bronze plaque due to exposure to weather. To address this issue works were undertaken to clean the bronze plaque before a protective wax was applied.
The memorial was designed by Louis Reid Deuchars.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM9280
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 13427
War Memorials Online: 139929
Further details of all the memorials which formed part of this project can be found by clicking the links below:
- Ratho (WM3321)
- Slateford (WM4159)
- Dalmeny (WM5189)
- Royal Scots Greys (WM7565)
- Duddingston (WM8854)
- Cannongate (WM9280)
- Newhaven (WM9281)
- South Queensferry (WM9282)
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
