Thank you for your kind interest in PROJECT HERITAGE: Scottish Veterans Residences' 2025 campaign to restore the historic memorial to the original Veterans of Whitefoord House, situated in Edinburgh's Eastern Cemetery, near Easter Road, Leith.

The 7m x 2m memorial was first erected in 1917 and lists the names of more than 220 Veterans who were laid to rest with military honours at the burial ground, having lived out their final days with SVR at Whitefoord House in the Canongate.

We have an interesting article on our website where you can read about some of the Men Behind The Medals:

https://www.svronline.org/news/news/original-whitefoord-veterans-/

The sandstone and bronze memorial sadly fell into a state of disrepair, and was in urgent need of some TLC, so this year our charity vowed to restore the monument to its former glory in time for Remembrance Day, 2025.

We expect overall project costs to amount to at least £40,000 and we would welcome any donation, big or small, to help us reach our goal. If we surpass this target, we pledge to ring-fence any additional money raised for Heritage projects, including Phase 2 of Project Heritage in 2026: focusing on the burial ground of Veterans from our Rosendael residence in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

The campaign page figure you see includes the many offline donations we have received from generous supporters.

Thank you for your interest and support. If you wish any further information, then please contact: colin@svronline.org