May they rest in peace....

The Quintinshill rail disaster occurred on 22 May 1915 near Gretna Green.

The accident involved five trains (including a heavily loaded troop train) and killed a probable 226.   The numbers are not exact because the Battalion Roll was on the troop train and destroyed - and many bodies were cremated beyond being identifiable.     246 were injured and this was the worst rail crash ever in the UK - then and since.     Those killed were mainly Territorial Soldiers and Royal Scots heading for Gallipoli.  


Most of the remains lie here in Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh.