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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21st May 1945
Attended by: Rev. A. M. Davidson, Deputy Chaplain-General - Unveiled
Date: 21st May 1948
Attended by: General Sir A. F. Philip Christison, Bt., G.O.C.-in-C., Scottish Command - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57421
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Current location
153
Canongate Kirk
Canongate
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH8 8BN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26438 73827
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- Messrs William Younger & Co. Abbey Brewery
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH99 1SP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26768 73827
Denomination: Undefined
- Messrs William Younger & Co. Abbey Brewery
- Description
- Metal plaque attached to wall of Kirk. Flag of Scotland surrounded by a wreath above. Names of fallen in a column below with four badges and decoration each side. Badges of William Younger and of Scotland below with 1939-1945 in between. It is hung alongside the WW1 plaque (IWM 87474) and a third, smaller plaque explaining the relocation.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE EMPLOYEES OF/ WILLIAM YOUNGER & Co LTD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ 1939 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aird, R I H
Allan, F
Bartlett, W
Brown, R
Cowe, R
Craig, J
Hastie, G
Johnson, A B
Kinnear, F
Lamont, J
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname, initials of forenames
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Condition
- William Younger & Co Ltd
- WMO ID: 202970
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- A Century of British Brewers plus plus 1890-2012 by Norman Barber, Mike Brown and Ken Smith pp.99-100 Published:Longfield Brewery History Society 2012 Longfield, Kent William Younger & Co. Ltd merged with William McEwan & Co. Ltd of Fountain Brewery, Edinburgh in May 1931 to form Scottish Brewers Ltd. Merged with Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1960to form Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Holyrood Brewery closed May 1986.
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2776&mforum=warmemscot
- Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 21 May 1948 Page 3 UNVEILED TO-DAY (picture of unveiling) ---
- The Scotsman - Saturday 22 May 1948 Page 3 STAFF WAR MEMORIAL. --- (23 names including Major Harry Younger, a member of the firm, who was killed at St. Valery.)
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