One of the structures in Edinburgh Castle is set aside as a memorial to all those who died in the various wars, beginning with World War I, in which the people of Scotland have served. It is in the building known as the North Barracks, which was constructed originally in 1755, and then renovated for this purpose, and opened as the Scottish National War Memorial in 1923.
Hanging beneath the ceiling of the Shrine is a statue of St. Michael,
And beneath the statue, in the highest point of Castle Rock, stands a sealed casket holding the names of 147,000 service personnel who died in World War I. The casket seems to me to look much as the Ark of the Covenant must have looked
With angels kneeling in grief on each corner of the marble plinth that holds the casket.
In the main part of the hall are leather bound books which contain the names of another 50,000 Scots who have served and died in the wars since 1923.
But what moved me the most was this plaque:
And, fittingly, the sculptor of all these items was a woman: Alice Meredith Williams.
Mary
Posted 9/16/18 from Inverness, Scotland
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