'In memory of officers, non-commissioned officers and men 1:7th Batallion the Royal Scots, Leith Territorial Battalion, who met their death at Gretna on 22nd May 1915, in a terrible railway disaster on their way to fight for their country.
'This memorial and a bed in Leith Hospital are dedicated by mourning comrades and friends.
'"Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me."'