Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88774

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Description
Hand drawn and illustrated Roll of Honour. NOTES- 1. They were the 'leading paper stock and general merchant store in Scotland' according to a 1905 advertising poster 2. While the Roll of Honour says 1914-1915 at least one of the casualties died in 1918 so it seems to relate to men who enlisted in the first year of the war.
Inscription
FOR KING & COUNTRY/ROLL OF HONOUR/The undernoted employees of E Chalmers Co Ltd., Paper Stock and Metal Merchants, Leith,/loyally took up Arms for Great Britain in the Great War, 1914-15/ [Column 1] OFFICE/[3 names]/WAREHOUSE/[3 names] [Column 2] WAREHOUSE- continued/[8 names] [Column 3] WAREHOUSE- continued/[4 names]/IRON DEPARTMENT/[3 names] [Column 4] IRON DEPARTMENT- continued/[3 names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barnetson, Wm.
Bell, George
Boylan, T
Cairns, Thomas
Chalmers, Jas. L
Cox, Patrick
Dignan, P
Greenan, P
Grieve, Rob.
Hunter, A
See details for all 24 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 24
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 24
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment, company department of work
    Order of information: company department THEN surname
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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