Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 89044
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- 1b
Greenside Parish Church
Royal Terrace
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH7 5AB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26294 74398
Denomination: Church of Scotland - St James' Church
McDonald Road
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of Scotland - Show More (1)
- 1b
- Description
- Eight stained Glass windows, destroyed when the church closed, but images of them survive in a locked cabinet at Greenside Church. There is an adjacent brass history plaque on wooden backboard
- Inscription
- Plaque-PHOTO-PRINTS OF WAR MEMORIAL WINDOWS/INSTALLED IN ST. JAMES CHURCH,/MCDONALD ROAD, EDINBURGH/PRIOR TO THE UNION WITH/GUTHRIE MEMORIAL CHURCH/AND THE CONSEQUENT UNION OF/HOPETOUN CHURCH WITH GREENSIDE CHURCH/JAN.1974 [Below the figure in each window is detailed text, which cannot be read from the images] Base of window 1-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/[4 names Alston to Bruce] Base of window 2-IN MEMORY OF THOSE/[4 names Dickson to Guy] Base of window 3-WHO FELL IN THE GREAT/[4 names Heriot to Mackie] Base of window 4-WAR 1914-1919/[4 names Mason to Adam McIntosh] Base of window 5-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/[5 names John McIntosh to Neillings] Base of window 6-IN MEMORY OF THOSE/[5 names Reid to Smith] Base of window 7-WHO FELL IN THE GREAT/[5 names Sommerville to Valentine] Base of window 8-WAR 1914-1919/[5 names Walker to Yule]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alston, Thomas
Blyth, William
Braidwood, John
Bruce, Angus
Dickson, George
Easton, George
Guthrie, Arcgibald
Guy, John C
Heriot, James
Hutchison, John
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surnane, forenames, rank. regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Window
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- For a set of general image and images of the names on the base of the windows- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3688&mforum=warmemscot
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