Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Greyfriars
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5632
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Current location
Located on the far left of the north wall
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Greyfriars Church
Greyfriars
Greyfriars
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 2QQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 25633 73261
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- 4
Robertson Mission Church
Grassmarket
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 2JU
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 25290 73354
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- 4
- Description
- Brass plaque with wooden backboard. Red Latin cross positioned at top centre of plaque just above two crossed flags, that of the left being the Royal banner of Scotland and the other the Union flag.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ MEN OF THE ROBERTSON MISSION CHURCH/ WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ Faithful unto death/ For God, King and Country
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bartleman, George
Crawford, Maxwell
Edmond, Alexander
Ferguson, William
Guild, Alexander
Hamilton, David
Heatherill, Daniel Mcp
Kerr, Alexander
Lumsden, James
Mcleod, Arthur D
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 610 mm, width 460 mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Condition
- Robertson Mission Church WW1
- WMO ID: 171015
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-08-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Greyfriars Church
- Reference
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