Descendants gather to remember Quintinshill victims

Descendants of the men that lost their lives in a rail disaster in Gretna 100 years ago have gathered to pay their respects at a cemetery in Edinburgh, where many of the victims are buried.

The 22nd May 2015 marks the centenary of the Quintinshill train crash in Gretna, in which 216 members of 1st/7th (Leith) Battalion The Royal Scots were killed or died in the aftermath.

The Royal Scots Association (for former members of The Royal Scots), supported by members of the 1st, 2nd and 6th Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the descendant Regiment of The Royal Scots, are holding the commemoration at Rosebank Cemetery.