ABSTRACT
The Scottish National War Memorial has a dominant position in the centre of Edinburgh. The comprehensiveness of the Edinburgh Memorial sextended to Scots serving in English and Imperial regiments, to colonials serving in 'Highland' regiments raised among the Scottish diaspora, and to female and other auxiliaries. The Scottish National War Memorial may be said to have captured a very great deal of the spirit of its own time, and to have produced an embodiment of the whole of Scottish military history, and a homage to the entire Scottish people. The noble Scottish National War Memorial typifies the characteristic of the race, as the silence on Armistice Day is symbolic of the English temperament. Sir Robert Lorimer was a quiet and restrained man, but his patriotic dedication to preserving traditions of Scottish baronial and vernacular architecture, and — crucially — of Scottish crafts manship in wood, iron, stone and glass informed his creation of the memorial.
