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Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13400

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Current location

George Heriot's School
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 9HE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 250 720
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
TWO STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY OCTAGONAL PLINTH AND COLUMN. ADDITIONAL SCULPTURE SURMOUNTS THE COLUMN BUT CANNOT TELL WHAT IT IS FROM IMAGES SUPPLIED. BRONZE PLAQUES SET INTO THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH.
Inscription
6 o'clock face in the stonework- [the school badge and motto- 'Distribute chearfullie]/TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/OF THE FORMER PUPLIS AND/STAFF OF THIS SCHOOL WHO/FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO/RETURNED NOT AGAIN ARE/HEREIN INSCRIBED TO THEIR/HONOUR FOR EVERMORE/1914-1919 Around the top of the base- DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Plaque 1: [names Adlam to Chisholm] Plaque 2: [names Christison to A R Forsyth] Plaque 3: [names C E c Forsyth to Kerr] Plaque 4: [names Kilpatrick to Moorhead] Plaque 5: [names Morgan to N Sinclair] Plaque 6: [names R Sinclair to the end] Plaque 7: [a smaller plaque on the reverse] [9 extra names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 478
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 478
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
Components
  • Pillar
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5614&mforum=warmemscot
  • WW1 Names Panel 7- H A Brown T Brown A S Dick D H Forrest R M Kiddie A B Mackie W V Newbigging T L Wallace J C P Watson
  • WW1 Names Panel 6- R Sinclair D D Sinclair A M Smith C H Smith G Smith G S Smith J Smith R Smith R M Smith T W Smith J D W Spence J Spence A Spiers P Spowart R O Squair T H Stark W G Stark A C Steedman J Steele A Stewart R.S A Stewart R.S.Gds A B Stewart J E Stewart B Strachan R W Strachan J Y Stuart C C Stubbs D B Tait J A Tait T H Tait D R Taylor W F Templeton A Thom G Thom A W Thomson J A Thomson M Thonson R G Thomson H P Turnbull R Turnbull G S Turner G Turner W F M Vallance A Wallace H S Wallace J Wallace 16th R.S J Wallace 4th R.S J H D Wallace W E Wallace J Warrington W O Wilson J D Weir W A West F Westwater J Westwood R.G.A J Westwood R.N J Wetherston A H White W S White J E Whitehead J Whitson W J Whitton D S Wilkie J Williamson R J Wilson W Wilson W J Wilson W S Wilson W A Wood D Wright M N Wright J Young J R Young W Young Aus. W Young R.H.A A R Younger R Tully (Between columns at bottom of list)
  • WW1 Names Panel 5- J Morgan J S Morrison J S Mortimer A C M Muir G W Muirhead C B Munro W J Murray D T Neill G J Newlands A Nicol J Nicol A Nisbet H H Norton A W Norval J W Old W H Oldham J F Oliver W Outerson D A E Owens A Park T M Parkhill C Paterson J Paterson J J Paterson R L Paterson T W Paterson J Paton J A Patterson F L Pattullo H S Philip R Plenderleith R G Ponton H M Porteous W Porteous H H Potts J Potts R W Potts G Pratt J G Rae W W B Raffin J Ramsay J J Reekie D I Reid J Reid R W Reid G A F Renwick J M Richardson T Ritchie W T J Ritchie C P Robertson J J Robertson T A Robertson W S Robertson W Robertson W B Robertson W F Robertson H L Robson N Rogerson J Rosenbluth C H D Ross G Ross T Ross A R Rouse K S Runciman Jas. Russell Jno. Russell J Scott J G Scott J B Scott J R Scott W L Scott G Seggie A Sharp D F Shepherd P G Shepherd N F Shirlaw J Sinclair N Sinclair
  • WW1 Names Panel 4- R Kilpatrick C Kitson L A Knight J Lamb W M Lamb J M Larnach A B Law W F D Law F Lawrence D S Lawrie G Lawrie A M Learmonth G Lees C Leonard J Liddell A C Lindsay O Linklater E G Littlejohn A M Lomax G C Lowe J Lowe R Lowe A H Lyall W K Lynn A W McBean K McBean W C McBeath D McM McBlane P C McDiarmid R W MacDonald J B McDougal M MacEwan C M MacFarlane T MacFarlane G R McGechan R F McGibbon D S McGregor J S McGrogan J L E McIntosh W H MacIntosh A C MacKenzie J B MacKenzie R D McLean A MacLeod D F McLeod V C A MacLeod J McNeill D MacPherson I MacPherson I D MacPherson W S C MacPherson L G MacRae C W McRitchie W MaGuire J M Maitland A J Malcolm J Mallace J Malone F J Maloney J T Martin W J B Martin R G I Mavor R Maxwell J B Mein J S Merriles J Millar R G Millar J Miller M Miller W S Milliken J R Milne R M M Milne C Mitchell F J Mitchell T C Moffatt J Moghan J C Monteith A H Moorhead R S McIntosh (Between columns at the bottom of the list)
  • WW1 Names Panel 3- C E C Forsyth W M Forsyth A B Fotheringham G D Fraser O C Fraser H S French J W Frew A Fulton W B Fulton W J R Gall P B Gardner J Gatheral J M Geddes W N Gentles T Gibson W C Gilchrist W Gilespie W Goodfellow J B Gordon W S Gordon W P Grafton T R Graham C R Grant A Gray F A Gray W Gray C E green J C Grierson W Grieve T A Grigor E E Gulland W C Gunn A C Guthrie B G Habicht J W Haig T T Halcrow E M Haldane J F Hall W Hall J H Hamilton W L Hamilton H W Hannah H H Hartley J E Hastings F P K Hay J M Hay J S Hayburn D A Heggie M A Henderson R G Henderson J A Henry H Hobson G Hodgson J Hood C M Horne F M S Hourston F S Howell J Howes J H Howie G J Hume J W Hunter G Hutton F W Illingworth T B Inglis J A Ireland J M Ireland C H Jardine A W H Johnston A D Johnston L Johnston O F Johnston R Johnston M H Jones J Jordan T T Kay T T Kellas A Kerr G T Kerr W Kerr (Between columns at the bottom)
  • WW1 Names Panel 2- R A Christison W B Clark W Clark T H Clow J C Clyne E J Cole J R Colley J Collins J Colthart P Conochie W Cooper S Cormack A Cowan T Cowan J Cowe D S Cowie J J Cowie G B Cownie E R Craig J H Cresswell R M Cromarty J R Crowe A C Cunningham R A Cunningham T R Currer J M Dalziel A B Davidson D A Davidson F B Davidson G L Davidson W J Davidson W Davidson J Davie J N M Davies J T K Dea J E Deans E M Denton A H Dewar J M Dewar R J Dickson W Dickson W H Dixon D B Docherty D B Doig D Donaldson W D Donaldson H Dorward W D Douglas J A Downie A E Drysdale W W R Drysdale J W Dugid A C Duncan C S Duncan H H Duncan J F Duncan G Dunlop H Dunn A Durward H G Eagar W Easton F Edgar A C Ellacott G W English G M Ewan W M Fairbairn A Fairweather A J Falconer J C Falconer F D Farquharson A J Fernie A M Flint A F Forbes H W Forbes J Ford A R Forsyth A A Forsyth N C Fernie (Between columns at the bottom)
  • WW1 Names Panel 1-A W Adlam J Ainslie A W Aitchison T D Aitchison W J Aitchison J R F Aitken J Alcorn J M Alcorn J M Alexander A Allan D Allan R C Allan T Amos J A Ancrum G Anderson H J Anderson L A Anderson N H Anderson S S Anderson W S Anderson J A Angus R G Angus J Arnold T G Arnot J A Arthur W D Austin J Bain W D H Baird E M M Balfour G D Balfour E Bannerman R G Bannerman W J G Bannerman R A Barnett J O Barron J A Batchelor A Baxter W Bee J Bell J R Bell J N Bell W Bell J F Bennie I W A Beynon H W Bishop A M Bisset J S Bisset C M Black J Blacklock A Blair W Blair G M H Blakeley F Bland R L Blyth A W Bonnyman R Borthwick W M Brand R B Brooks J Broomfield C A Brown D D Brown L S Brown R Brown W Brown H E Browne J H Bruce O Bruce W A Bruce J Bruce N J Burnett J M S Calderhead T W Cameron W H Cameron E J Campbell R N Campbell D H Carmichael C F A Challis R D Chisholm
  • Digitised WW1 Roll of Honour at The National Library of Scotland- archive.org/details/georgeheriotssch1921geor/page/n8/mode/2up

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