Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72622
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Current location
In external garden
access by appointment
11
Mail Centre
Cultins Road
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH11 4YY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 18541 70786
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze Plaque in a stone frame, on a brick wall
- Inscription
- In memory of the 224 members of the staff of/the Edinburgh post office who lost their lives/in the Great War 1914-1918/[names]/. And of the 45 members who gave their lives/in the War of 1939-1945/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, H A
Allan, D
Allison, J F
Anderson, J
Anderson, J L
Armstrong, T
Bain, R H
Balgarnie, W
Ball, F W E
Barclay, P
See details for all 267 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 223
Served and returned: 0
Died: 223
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 44
Served and returned: 0
Died: 44
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Wall
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Royal Mail
- Reference
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