 In 1915 the Gretna disaster, the worst crash in the history of British rail travel, killed 227 people and injured 246 others.102 of those killed were young men from the 7th (Leith) Battalion of the Royal Scots, on their way to Liverpool, where they were to leave for Gallipoli.The bodies of the victims were laid out in the drill hall prior to burial in Rosebank Cemetery, across Leith Walk in Pilrig.