One Of The Two Memorial Plaques (Righthand Side) At Rosebank Cemetery Commemorating Those Killed In The Gretna Rail Disaster Of 22nd May 1915, 24th May 2025
2025
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On the 22nd May 1915 at Quintinshill, near Gretna, a troop train, carrying soldiers from the 1st/7th Battalion of the Royal Scots travelling from Larbert on their way to Liverpool to embark on a ship to Gallipoli, collided with a local train and the Glasgow Express. Half of the soldiers travelling on the troop train died, 215 in number. Also killed in the accident were three railway employees, nine passengers, and the remains of four bodies thought to be children.
A memorial service to those who died in the disaster is held at Rosebank Cemetery every May.
Donor number: 0560-004
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