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Gretna Rail Disaster - funeral procession
Unknown, 1915, Press cutting, Reproduction
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Gretna Rail Disaster - funeral procession
Gretna Rail Disaster - funeral procession
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38302
Title
Gretna Rail Disaster - funeral procession
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1915
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14.6 x 11.4 cm
Type
Press cutting
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Reproduction
216 soldiers of the 7th (Leith) Battalion of the Royal Scots were killed in the Quintinshill rail crash of 1915. A funeral procession was held from the Battalion's Drill Hall in Dalmeny Street to Rosebank Cemetery in Pilrig Street, where a memorial was unveiled by Lord Rosebery a year later.
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Leith Miscellany Vol XII
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