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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: November 1923
Attended by:
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 76625
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Current location
In a purpose built Memorial Hall in the grounds
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Merchiston Castle School
Colinton Road
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH13 0PT
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 21723 69511
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Merchiston Castle School
Merchiston Castle
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Merchiston Castle School
- Description
- Memorial Hall in the grounds of the school, with 6 wall mounted bronze plaques for WW1 and 2 wall mounted bronze plaques for WW2. The WW1 dedication is in two parts in gold lettering on wooden beams above each rank of 3 WW1 Plaques
- Inscription
- Dedication Beam (Left)-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY Dedication Bean (Right)-OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR WW1 Plaque 1-[names] WW1 Plaque 2-[names]/MASTERS/[names] WW1 Plaques 3 & 4-[names] WW1 Plaque 5-[names]/PREPARATORY/[names] WW1 Plaque 6-[names] Each of 2 WW2 Plaques- 1939-1945/[names in 2 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adam, Walter William
Adams, Herbert Frederick Wilfred
Addis, David Malcolm
Aikman, Wilfred Hudson
Alexander, Tom
Allan, James Grant
Anderson, Charles Ogilvy
Anderson, Herbert Norman Scott
Anderson, James
Anderson, John Duncan Allan
See details for all 251 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 173
Served and returned: 0
Died: 173
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 78
Served and returned: 0
Died: 78
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Gold - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Building
- Condition
- Merchiston Castle School
- WMO ID: 259574
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3789&mforum=warmemscot
- The digitised Roll of Honour, held by the National Library of Scotland- archive.org/details/rollofhonour19141921merc/page/n4/mode/2up
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