Leith volunteers for the Front

Category

Library Item

Item no

38112

Title

Page from Leith Miscellany, volume X, Leith volunteers for the Front

Artist / maker

Fairbairn, William

Date

1901

Type

Photograph; Reproduction

Many men from Leith volunteered to fight in the Boer War from 1900-1902. The part played by the 5th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots is commemorated by a panel on the plinth of the statue of Queen Victoria at the foot of Leith Walk.

The volunteers in this group are:

Back row left to right: Pte. A. Birse, Pte. W. Ross, Pte. W. Laurensen, Pte. J. Jack, Pte. R. Doyle, Pte. H. Younger, Pte. J. Murphy, Pte. G. McLennan, Pte. J. Robertson, Pte. J. Robertson, Pte. J. Smith

Second row from back left to right: Pte. J. Combe, Pte. F. Stewart, Pte. M. Kerr, Pte. J. Wilson, Pte. A. McPherson, Pte. A. Fairley, Pte. A. Noble, Pte. T. Grant, Pte. A. Jamieson

Second row from front left to right: Pte. W.E. Gibson, Pte. W. Cameron, Pte. J. Moffat, Pte. D. Logan, Pte. J. Law, Cpl. G. Douglas, L.-Cpl. J. Simpson, Pte. M. Bishop, Sgt. A. Stark

Front row left to right: Pte. J. Bertram, Pte. A. McDonald, Pte. J. Fletcher, Pte. J. Laing, Sgt. Peffers, Bglr. T. Dalgleish, Sgt. J. Inglis, Pte. J. Forrest, Pte. J. Arnott, Pte. W. Arnott

Sitting in front: left, Signaller T. Honeyman, right, Cpl.-Signaller J. Goodall

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