Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Newhaven
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: January 1925
    Attended by: Mr Ernest Brown, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Mines Department,
  • Dedicated
    Date: January 1925
    Attended by: "In a brief religious service, the Rev. A. Ian Burnett and the Rev. Duncan H. Neilson officiated. "
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88827

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Current location

Victoria Primary School
Main Street
Newhaven
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH6 4HY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 25672 77036
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Polished pink granite tablet in a grey stone frame on the external wall of the school., with a stainless steel plaque below recording the refurbishment. From the newspaper report for the unveiling it would seem this was not the original location.
Inscription
Tablet-IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE NEWHAVEN CHURCHES/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914 1919/UNITED FREE/[names in 2 columns]/PARISH/[names in 2 columns]/ERECTED BY JOHN POTTINGER 1924 Plaque-NEWHAVEN VILLAGE WAR MEMORIALS/1914-1918 AND 1939-1945/REFURBISHED IN 1999 BY/NEWHAVEN COMMUNITY HISTORY GROUP,/CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL.,/NEWHAVEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alston, Thos.
Alvey, Arch.
Armit, Napier
Bain, Wm.
Balfour, Thos. M
Banks, Wm.
Borwick, James
Cantley, Alex.
Cantley, Thos.
Cantley, Thos.
See details for all 78 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 48
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 48
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forenames, surname, regiment
    Order of information: surname, forename
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forenames, surname, regiment
    Order of information: surname, forename
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Pink
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stainless Steel
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1250&mforum=warmemscot

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