Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh EH1 2NG
War memorials on the Esplanade include one to Colonel Mackenzie (92nd Highlanders) who quelled a mutiny of the 5th Bengal European Regiment in 1859. The events of 1857-58 are commemorated by the large ornate Celtic cross erected in 1862 by officers and soldiers of the 78th (Ross-shire) Highlanders in memory of their comrades. Another mutiny started right here. In 1778, 400 Seaforth Highlanders refused orders to embark for South India. Supplied by Edinburgh well-wishers they barricaded themselves on Arthur’s Seat for a week. Tricked into going to India afterwards, only 390 out of 1100 reached there able to fight.
![Memorial to Colonel Mackenzie (92nd Highlanders)](http://curiousedinburgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/OT-Esplanade-ColonelMackenzie-textcarved.jpg)
Memorial to Colonel Mackenzie (92nd Highlanders).
!['72' cipher of the Seaforth Highlanders' in honour of Kenneth Mackenzie, comander at the time of the Edinburgh mutiny.](http://curiousedinburgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/OT-Esplanade-AfghanNeedle-number.jpg)
’72’ cipher of the Seaforth Highlanders’ in honour of Kenneth Mackenzie, comander at the time of the Edinburgh mutiny.
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