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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Triptych
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 88788
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Current location
Canongate Kirk
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH8 8BR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26440 73816
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- 5
North Canongate School
New Street
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH8 8BH
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26235 73772
Denomination: Undefined
- 5
- Description
- Highly decorated circular triptych, with the names on paper in the 2 doors and the two central panels.
- Inscription
- Above the Central Doors- LEST WE FORGET Left Hand Door- VALOUR/[names Captain Durward followed by Aitken to Carstairs] Left Hand Central Panel- SERVICE/[names Clark to Hume] Right Hand Central Panel- SACRIFICE/[names Inglis to Paterson] Right Hand Door-HONOUR/[names Park to Young]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, John
Allan, John
Attenburgh, Alexr.
Bald, William
Bamford, John
Barrie, Arthur
Barrie, James
Bell, Frederick
Biggar, Alexander
Bird, George
See details for all 116 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 116
Served and returned: 0
Died: 116
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Triptych
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Paper
- Triptych
- Condition
- North Canongate WW1 Triptych
- WMO ID: 255763
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=6435&sid=1e657955dd2cfe19996f39c873bc7100&mforum=warmemscot
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