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Scottish Veterans ResidencesWhitefoord House, Edinburgh - Residential Care Home for VeteransRosendael Home for Veterans, Dundee Scotland UK

About Us

Scottish Veterans’ Residences was founded as a charity in 1910 by two Seaforth Highlanders, Charles Pelham Burn and Chilton Lind Addison Smith, having seen the squalor under which veterans of the day existed in Edinburgh. SVR provides unique and unrivalled residential accommodation for our ex-service men and women of all ages. Each year we help some 300 ex-service men and women and their spouses.

Scottish Veterans’ Residences first opened its doors on 1 January 1911 and through both world wars and modern day conflicts in Korea, the Falklands and the Gulf our Residences have met the needs of some 60,000 ex-servicemen and women. Their needs today remain as strong as ever.

Today, we provide an unrivalled level of residential accommodation where each veteran has his or her own fully furnished en suite accommodation and lives in a supportive community environment.

As long as we have Armed Forces there will be a need for the services of Scottish Veterans’ Residences. To continue to meet the needs of our veterans we are dependent upon your generosity.


Whitefoord House, Edinburgh 1950/2004

Whitefoord House, Edinburgh 1950Whitefoord House, Edinburgh 2004
The Maclagan Room 1926/2004

The Maclagan Room 1926The Maclagan Room 2004
Whitefoord House
Rosendael
In 1911 with a generous donation from Mrs W G McLaren, who lost one of her sons in the Boer War, the charity was able to purchase Whitefoord House. Whitefoord is currently home to 81 residents.
Click here for more information on Whitefoord House		 Whitefoord House, Edinburgh is currently home to 85 ex-servicemen
 
Rosendael was gifted to the charity in 1932 by Mrs J C Gibson together with an endowment of £5,000 in memory of her brother John Normansell Kyd who lost his son on the Somme in 1916. It is home to 54 residents.
Click here for more information on Rosendael 		Rosendael is currently providing residential care to 54 veterans
 
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Registered Charity Number: SCO15260