Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Joppa
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 88873
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Current location
Formerly known as Joppa St Philip's
Portobello and Joppa Parish Church
Abercorn Terrace
Joppa
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH15 2DH
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Old Parish Church
Bellfield Street
Portobello
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH15 2BP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Old Parish Church
- Description
- Pedimented marble tablet
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/THE HEROIC DEAD OF THIS CHURCH/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/[names in 2 columns]/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Boyd, Thomas
Brown, Charles L
Brown, James R
Burns, Stuart C
Carr, William
Colville, William C
Cunningham, Charles
Currer, James L N
Dawson, David S (reverend)
Deans, John E
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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