Dunblane Memorial Garden (Dunblane)

United Kingdom / Scotland / Dunblane
The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. Sixteen children and one adult were killed by the attacker, Thomas Watt Hamilton, before he committed suicide. It remains the deadliest single targeted mass murder of children in the history of the United Kingdom.

Victims killed

Victoria Elizabeth Clydesdale
Emma Elizabeth Crozier
Melissa Helen Currie
Charlotte Louise Dunn
Kevin Allan Hasell
Ross William Irvine
David Charles Kerr
Mhairi Isabel MacBeath
Brett McKinnon
Abigail Joanne McLennan
Gwen Mayor (school teacher)
Emily Morton
Sophie Jane Lockwood North
John Petrie
Joanna Caroline Ross
Hannah Louise Scott
Megan Turner

A memorial service conducted by James Whyte, the former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was held on 9 October 1996.

The Memorial Garden is the final resting place for most of those killed on that fateful day.
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Coordinates:   56°11'55"N   3°57'28"W

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  • God Bless Little Angels x
  • Wanted to visit this site but could not find it anywhere
  • James Drummond 11 March 01:00 I hope no one minds a poem for Dunblane Dunblane Whut the day dour war' bairns took awa' wi a mon an' dee'l aboot makin bairns angels took. Mithers faethers tae the skool wantin ane waine tackin hame god wiz no tae stop the cruel thone day the deel visited Dunblane bairns asleep no tae wake again they'll ne' r gang back tae read nor sonnnets tae sing de'el he wiz aw his haund deed nae mair loons an quinnies weep today they'll be remembered aw sae still an aw asleep livin' in harts commemorated a' time has passaged nae mair tae talkin an years gone awa' those ar soft an safe fae scare wee bairns at peace wee it aw Jim Drummond
  • The garden is located in Dunblane Cemetery
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