Marble plaque № 60122

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

McCrae's Battalion 1914 - 2014. Usher Hall 27 November 1914. A grand recruiting meeting was helds for Sir george McCrae's New Edinburgh Battalion. The 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots (Scotland's Sporting Battalion) was better known by its familiar title 'McCrae's Own'. McCrae's won undyi

ng fame on the killing fields of France and Flanders, where many of the original volunteers lie. Edinburgh remembers them with pride.

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