The twenty-ninth in the series of Silver Jubilee Cards produced by Wills’s Cigarette Company in 1935 shows the opening of the Scottish National War Memorial.
The reverse of the card reads:
THE OPENING OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL
Scotland’s War Memorial stands at the summit of the Castle Rock in Edinburgh, one of the most majestic and historic sites in the world. The noble Hall of Honour, in which are preserved the names of those who fell, was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales (who is Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Fusiliers) on Jule 14th, 1927. The old colours of the Scottish Regiments were deposited each in a separate bay, and the Rolls of Honour were placed by the Prince in a steel Casket on an altar of marble. The King, the Queen and Princess Mary [only daughter of the King and Queen], then in residence at Holyrood, attended the ceremony.
The Scottish National War Memorial still stands proudly in Edinburgh and can be visited to this day.
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