Category Archives: Edinburgh

A plaque commemorating Ian Greenless Herdman is on the north perimeter wall of Edinburgh’s Dean Cemetery. Ian died the week before Christmas, on December 16, aged seventeen, at 1 Belford Park, Edinburgh, after a seventeen-day battle with influenza and pneumonia. Ian Greenless Herdman was born on June 21 1901, at 28 Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh. HeContinue reading “Remembering Ian Greenlees Herdman”

The Dean Cemetery in West Edinburgh is impressive. Academics, clergy, financiers, politicians, physicians and other elites from the city’s past rest within its walls, their graves marked by grand headstones. The resting place of Katherine Lettice Curtis (nee Foster) is marked by a modest yet dignified Roman cross headstone. It is in good condition. SheContinue reading “Remembering Katherine Lettice Curteis”

I encountered William when researching my entry for Robert Cockburn Loraine. William died the day after Robert at the Naval Hospital in South Queensferry aged nineteen. The doctor in attendance cited “Influenzal pneumonia” as the cause of death. William rests in South Queensferry Cemetery, his grave is marked by a Commonwealth War Grave Commission headstone.Continue reading “Remembering William Smith”

Isabella (also known as Ella) died on the 19th of January 1919 at 11 Hillside Street in Edinburgh’s Canongate district aged only twelve. “Heart failure following epidemic influenza” was cited as her cause of death. She rests on the eastern edge of Rosebank Cemetery in Pilrig. Her attractive memorial is incorporated into the cemetery’s perimeterContinue reading “Remembering Isabella Gall”