Poignant memorial
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Poignant memorial
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 11 Apr 2016
A very striking mosaic coat of arms at the University of Aberdeen with a sad story. The arms are of the MacRobert Trust (Gules, on a chevron between three wolves' heads erased argent, as many thistles leaved and slipped proper; on a pile or three winged lions of the first). The lions commemorate Alasdair, Roderick and Iain, the three sons of Baron Alexander MacRobert, who each died in flying accidents or were lost in action: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRobert_baronets . The motto means 'Not for self but for country'. Their mother Rachel (widow of Alexander) was a generous supporter of the University of Aberdeen and the School of Education block built in the 1960s is named for the family: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/858782 .
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Image Location
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57.16605
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-2.101506