Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
William Carruthers Laidlaw, a former pupil (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24 February 1922
    Attended by: John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76635

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Current location

The present college derives from the 1972 merger of Daniel Stewart's College and Melville Collge. Melville College had been called the Edinburgh Institution for Languages and Mathematics until 1936
Stewart's Melville College
Ravelston Terrace
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH4 3EF
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 23476 74041
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A rectangular stone obelisk set on an octagonal stone plinth on a stone base with steps leading up to front and sides. The dedications and names are on bronze plaques set on the front and side faces of the plinth . There are high relief bronze plaques on front and sides of the base of the obelisk , details not determined . On each side of the front and at the back of the memorial are flower beds set within low kerbs .
Inscription
+/TO THE GLORY/OF GOD/AND IN HONOURED/MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF/DANIEL STEWART'S/COLLEGE/WHO FELL IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1919 AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/IN THE SAME CAUSE/1939-1945 TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF/THE EDINBURGH INSTITUTION/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF/MELVILLE COLLEGE/WHO FELL IN THE WAR/1939-1945/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, James Alison Wilson
Adamson, Alexander Hutton
Aitchison, William John
Aitken, David Greig
Anderson, David
Anderson, Samuel Stephen
Anderson, William James
Applegarth, John Oliver
Applegarth, Wm. Broughton
Arnot, Thomas
See details for all 70 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 142
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 142
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: height 9000mm
    Materials: Stone - Freestone
  • Architectural details
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Freestone
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
History
Extensively renovated in 2002, including adding bronze plaques commemorating the WW1 dead of the Edinburgh Institution and the WW2 dead of Melville College- their names are on a plaque in the school library
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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