Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88943

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Current location

61
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral
York Place
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 3JD
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Roman Catholic

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Description
Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and two framed Rolls of Honour whose doors are only open from November 1 to Remembrance Sunday each year.
Inscription
Above the Rolls of Honour-TUIS FIDELIBUS VITA MUTATUR NON TOLLITUR/ REQUIESCAT IN PACE [Translation- For your faithful life is changed not ended. Rest in peace- taken from the preface for the dead at the Requiem Mass] Panel below the crucifix which divide the two Rolls of Honour-THIS VIA DOLOROSA/HAS BEEN ERECTED/IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/DURING THE WAR/1914-1919/REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS Each Roll of Honour-ROLL OF HONOUR/[names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aitken, James
Barron, Peter
Barry, William
Biggar, John
Biggar, Peter
Blaney, James
Bowie, Archibald
Brady, Joseph
Brown, Daniel
Brown, Richard
See details for all 143 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 143
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 143
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: regiment/service, surname, forenames, rank, date of death, place of death
    Order of information: regiment THEN surname
Components
  • Stations of the Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Vellum
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood, Glass
  • Door
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=883&mforum=warmemscot
  • Transcription of names in alphabetical order- AITKEN , James , Private, Royal Scots. France 23.8.17 BARRON , Peter , Sergeant, Royal Scots. Somme 15.9.16 BARRY , William , Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Edinburgh 16.11.18 BIGGAR , Peter , Private, Royal Scots. France 12.6.16 BIGGAR , John , Private, Royal Scots. Egypt. March 1917 BLANEY , James , Driver, Royal Field Artillery. Gallipoli 1.7.15 BOWIE , Archibald , Sergeant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Marne 11.11.14 BRADY , Joseph , Private, Irish Guards. France 28.3.18 BROWN , Richard , Royal Scots. France 9.4.18 BROWN , Daniel , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. France 26.6.18 BROWN , Walter , Lance Corporal, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Somme 9.10.16 BURNS , James , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 19.9.15 BUTTI , James Alexander , Corporal Piper, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). France 24.10.18 CAIRNS , Robert , Private, Seaforth Highlanders. Cambrai 21.3.18 CAMERON , Thomas , Sapper, Royal Engineers. 25.9.15 CHALMERS , Robert , Corporal, Royal Engineers. Salonika 12.9.18 CONWAY , Thomas , Private, Royal Scots. France 20.7.15 COOKIE , William , Royal Navy. Coronel, 1.11.14 COOKIE , Edward S , Signaller, Royal Navy. Dutch Coast 23.12.17 COONEY , John , Sergeant, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Liverpool 8.10.15 CORCORAN , Michael , Private, Royal Scots. Edinburgh 31.5.18 CORR , Hugh , Private, Highland Light Infantry. France 25.9.15 COUTTIE , Joseph , Private, Royal Scots. Gallipoli 4.9.15 CULLEN , Hugh , Private, Royal Army Medical Corps. Belgium 7.10.18 CUMISKIE , Francis , Private, Scottish Rifles. Edinburgh 5.2.19 CURRER , Thomas R , Second Lieutenant, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Belgium 26.9.17 CURRER , George , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 18.4.18 DAY , Robert , Private, Royal Scots. Elgin 16.2.17 DOLAN , Thomas , Sergeant, Royal Scots. Holland 13.5.18 DONWORTH , William , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. London 20.8.16 DOYLE , Joseph , Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Ypres 14.4.17 FALLON , Archibald , Lance Corporal, Royal Irish Fusiliers. St. Quentin 27.3.18 FEGAN , M , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Gallipoli 29.6.15 FERRIER , James , Royal Scots. France 20.4.16 FINNEGAN , James , Corporal, Royal Scots. Ypres 20.6.15 FOLEY , John , Royal Navy. France 30.9.18 FOX , Thomas , Private, Irish Guards. Loos 21.10.15 GAFFNEY , Michael , Private, Royal Scots. Gretna 22.5.15 GALLACHER , Thomas , Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Germany 4.11.18 GARDINER , William , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 19.7.16 GILBERTSON , Hugh , Trooper, Dragoon Guards. Kut, Iraq 16.6.16 GILHOOLY , Thomas , Private, Royal Scots. France 5.2.17 GOLDIE , Alexander , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France June 1916 GRANT , William J , Private, West Riding Regiment. France 27.3.18 GRANT , James , Corporal, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Somme 18.10.16 HAMILTON , Thomas , Royal Scots. Loos 25.9.15 HARDIE , J. Reynolds , Royal Navy. Glasgow 23.10.18 HAYES , Joseph , Corporal, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Somme 3.9.16 HENDERSON , Stanislaus , Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders. France 3.10.18 HINDE , David , Royal Scots. Edinburgh 10.7.15 HINDLE , Jospeh , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Mons 14.9.14 HOWIE , John H , Corporal, Special Chemical Section, Royal Engineers. Belgium 1.9.16 HOWIE , George F. , Lieutenant, Royal Scots. France 21.3.18 HUGHES , Roger , Driver, Royal Field Artillery. France 3.6.17 INNES , Charles , Private, Royal Scots. France IRWIN , George , Private, Royal Scots. France JOHNSTONE , James , Private, Royal Scots. France 12.4.18 KEARNEY , Edward , Driver, Royal Field Artillery. France 21.4.18 KELLOCK , William , Private, Royal Scots. France 17.4.17 KELLY , Robert , Private, Highland Light Infantry. Aisne 14.9.14 LAFFERTY , James , Private, Lothian and Borders Horse. Salonika 31.12.18 LAFFERTY , Thomas , Private, Royal Scots. France 22.9.18 LAVERY , George , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 16.8.16 LAWLOR , Andrew , Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). France 1.8.18 LOFTUS , Duncan , Royal Scots. France 4.5.17 LYNCH , James , Royal Marine Light Infantry. France 19.10.17 MacMAHON , Terence , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Gallipoli 25.8.15 MAGUIRE , Hugh , Private, Royal Scots. Gallipoli 2,5.15 MAGUIRE , John A. , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Vimy Ridge 14.4.17 McCABE , John , Private, Royal Garrison Artillery. France 19.11.17 McCABE , Walter , Private, Royal Scots. Poperinghe 31.8.18 McCABE , Alexander , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Arras 26.2.17 McCABE , Bernard , Private, Scottish Rifles. Arras 16.4.17 McDERMOTT , Thomas , Sergeant, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Brighton 25.3.18 McDERMOTT , Andrew , Lance Corporal, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Gallipoli 12.7.15 McDONALD , Edward , Private, Royal Scots. Ypres 29.7.17 McDONALD , Thomas , Private, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). France 10.3.15 McGINNITY , Daniel , Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers. France 1.9.18 McGRAIN , Bernard , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Ypres 3.6.16 McGRAVIE , Cornelius , Driver, Royal Engineers. France 28.3.18 McGRAVIE , James , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 4.10.17 McGRAVIE , Peter A , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 17.4.18 McGRAW , Robert G , Private, Highland Light Infantry. Loos 25.9.15 McGUIRE , Alfred F. , Royal Marine Artillery. Jutland 31.5.16 McGUIRE , George , Trooper, Scottish Horse. Somme 13.11.16 McKERNAN , Andrew P , Private, Royal Scots. France 12.4.18 McLAUGHLIN , Thomas , Private, Scottish Rifles. France 5.10.18 McLEAN , Archibald , Sergeant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 11.11.14 McLEOD , Murdoch , Private, Royal Scots. Somme 2.7.16 McLUSKEY , Owen , Private, Royal Scots. Loos 25.9.15 McLUSKEY , Hugh , Private, Lancashire Fusiliers. France 11.4.17 McLUSKEY , Edward , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 26.2.17 McLUSKEY , John , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 13.10.15 McQUAID , John F. , Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Exeter 10.7.17 McROBBIE , James Douglas , Private, Royal Scots. Belgium 12.7.17 McSHERRY , Bernard , Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment. France 14.4.18 McTAVISH , Alexander , Private, Royal Scots. Gallipoli 15.6.15 MEAGHER , Theobald , New Zealand Imperial Force. France 1.10.18 MELDRUM , John , Mine Sweepers. Granton 9.6.19 MELLON , Joseph , Private, Royal Scots. MIERS , C , Captain, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 25.9.14 MORAN , John , O.B.E. Second Lieutenant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 24.3.18 MORISON , Eric M , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Loos 25.9.15 MORRISON , John , Private, Royal Scots. Gallipoli 28.6.15 MULHILL , Terence , Private, Highland Light Infantry. France 19.9.18 MULLAN , John , Private, Scots Guards. France 27.9.15 MULLANEY , John , Trooper, Scottish Horse. Devonport 24.10.18 MULLIN , Thomas , Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) MURPHY , Michael J. , Private, Irish Guards. Cambrai 1.12.17 MURRAY , James , Sergeant, Tank Corps. France 21.8.18 O’DONNELL , John , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 29.10.14 O’HARA , James , Irish Guards. France 8.10.16 O’NEILL , Thomas , Royal Scots. Gallipoli 21.5.15 O’NEILL , William , Private, Royal Scots. France 16.9.17 OWENS , William , Canadian Expeditionary Forces. France 7.2.17 PALMER , Daniel , Private, Seaforth Highlanders. Persian Gulf 7.1.16 PEGUM , Jospeh P. , Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Flanders 26.9.17 POMPA , Domenico , Private, Royal Scots. France 4.10.18 QUIGLEY , Thomas , Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. France REILLY , Lawrence , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 18.4.15 REMOS , Gustave , Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps. Italy 11.8.18 RISK , Thomas , Bombardier, Royal Horse Artillery. Courtai 17.10.18 ROBERTSON , David , Private, Royal Scots. Gretna 22.5.15 SALMON , Michael W. , Private, Royal Scots. France 21.9.17 SHANNON , Thomas , Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Salonika 12.9.18 SHEERIN , Thomas , Private, Seaforth Highlanders. Mesopotmia 22.4.16 SHERIDAN , James , Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. France 19.7.16 SMITH , Sligo , Lieutenant, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France SPALDING , James , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. Ypres 15.8.17 STEWART , John B , Private, Royal Scots. Ypres 17.11.17 STEWART , Alexander , Private, Royal Scots. Ypres 17.11.17 TOLLINS , Edward , Private, Highland Light Infantry. France 17.5.15 TOLLINS , William , Private, Highland Light Infantry. France 1.5.15 TRAYNER , James , Private, Scottish Rifles.Glasgow 10.2.19 TRAYNOR , Charles , Private, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. France 28.5.15 UFFENDALE , Thomas , Private, Royal Scots. Gallipoli 1.9.15 VAGHI , Joseph , Trooper, Scottish Horse. Gallipoli 7.10.15 VERTH , William C , Private, Royal Scots. St Omer 28.8.18 WALTON , Peter J , Private, Royal Scots. Edinburgh 22.1.19 WATT , Robert , Corporal, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). Somme 18.8.16 WELSH , Peter , C.S.M. King’s Own Scottish Borderers. La Bassee 15.10.14 WHELAN , Fred , Sergeant, Highland Light Infantry. France 25.3.18 WILLIAMS , Lawrence , Private, Royal Scots. France 29.9.18

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