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==== Scottish National War Memorial ====
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[[File:EdinburghSNWM.JPG|thumb|left|The Scottish National War Memorial]]

The Scottish National War Memorial occupies a converted barrack block on the north side of Crown Square. It stands on the site of the medieval St. Mary's Church which was rebuilt in 1366, and was converted into an armoury in 1540. It was demolished in 1755, and the masonry reused to build a new North Barrack Block on the site.<ref>MacIvor (1993), p. 98.</ref> Proposals for a Scottish National War Memorial were put forward in 1917, during the First World War, and the architect [[Robert Lorimer|Sir Robert Lorimer]] was appointed in 1919. Construction began in 1923, and the memorial was formally opened on 14 July 1927 by the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]].<ref name=snwmhist>{{cite web |url=http://www.snwm.org/website/history/index.html#A1 |title=History of the Scottish National War Memorial |publisher=Scottish National War Memorial |author=Henderson, Diana M |access-date=19 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718210109/http://www.snwm.org/website/history/index.html#A1 |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref> The exterior is decorated with [[gargoyle]]s and sculpture, while the interior contains monuments to individual regiments. The [[stained-glass]] windows are by [[Douglas Strachan]].<ref>McWilliam ''et al.'', pp. 99–100.</ref>

The memorial commemorates Scottish soldiers, and those serving with [[Scottish regiment]]s, who died in the two world wars and in more recent conflicts. Upon the altar within the Shrine, placed upon the highest point of the Castle Rock, is a sealed casket containing Rolls of Honour which list over 147,000 names of those soldiers killed in the First World War. After the Second World War, another 50,000 names were inscribed on Rolls of Honour held within the Hall, and further names continue to be added there.<ref name=snwmhist/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2002 |title=Scottish National War Memorial |website=UK National Inventory of War Memorials |access-date=3 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705195806/http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2002 |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The memorial is maintained by a charitable trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscr.org.uk/search-charity-register/charity-extract/?charitynumber=sc009869 |title=Scottish National War Memorial, SC009869 |website=Scottish Charity Register |publisher=[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]] |access-date=13 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330161932/http://www.oscr.org.uk/search-charity-register/charity-extract/?charitynumber=SC009869 |archive-date=30 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>