Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Davidsons Mains
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Mr Robert Brown (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12 November 1995
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6032
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Current location
The Green
Davidsons Mains
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH4 5AE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 20728 75462
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone obelisk on a two-stepped base with bronze plaques. This plaque states that there were 136 men died in WW1 but the plaque in Cramond Kirk (our reference 8745) only lists 105 men.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939-1945/ FROM DAVIDSONS MAINS/ AND CRAMOND PARISH./ (Names)/ AND THE 136 SOULS FROM/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 3 o' clock face: THE BRAVE POOR SODGER/ NE'ER DESPISE,/ NOR COUNT HIM AS A/ STRANGER;/ REMEMBER HE'S HIS/ COUNTRY'S STAY,/ IN DAY AND HOUR OF/ DANGER./ ROBERT BURNS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Andrew
Arneil, Adam
Arnot, John
Clark, John
Cogman, William
Cuthbertson, Norman
Dickie, George
Elder, James
Fairbairn, Harvey
Glass, David
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Obelisk
- Condition
- Costs
Site: £3500
Comments: The monument was paid for by donations from relatives and friends of the war dead and raffles in local pubs. There was also a £1,000 donation from the Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society.- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=890&mforum=warmemscot
- www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2DGGE_lest-we-forget-davidsons-mains-redux?guid=fbf5c557-17cd-4c06-aed2-deba030ed17c
- Edinburgh Evening News, 8 November 1995, page 4
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