The Royal Scots Regimental Association will hold a memorial service this weekend to remember those who died in the Gretna rail disaster, considered the worst rail disaster in British history.
A memorial service commemorating the worst rail disaster in Scottish and British history will be held in Edinburgh this weekend.
The troop train subsequently derailed onto the opposite track, before the wreckage was struck within a minute by an express train heading to Glasgow. This in turn ignited a fire that engulfed the troop train. Widely recognised as the most devastating rail disaster in British history, the remembrance event is scheduled for May 25. It will take place at 10.45am at Rosebank Cemetery on Pilrig Street in Leith.
Brigadier George Lowder, president of the RSRA, commented: "Amidst all the sacrifices and loss of the First World War, the tragic loss of 216 Members of Royal Scots 7th Battalion in the Quintinshill Rail Disaster in the early morning of 22 May 2015 en route to embarking for Gallipoli was a huge blow to the regiment, to Leith, and to Edinburgh.
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