Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Portobello
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: 1947
Attended by:
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 87484
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Current location
On an external wall
2
Rockville Hotel
Joppa Pans
Portobello
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH15 2HF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 32148 73392
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brown Stone Tablet with all lettering incised. Below the dedication is a vertical etched, flanked on either side with the respective dates of the two wars. The original recorder implies that this was the club house of Portobello British Legion at the time, but not in 2019.
- Inscription
- THIS HOUSE/IS DEDICATED TO/THE MEMORY OF/ALL MEN AND WOMEN/OF PORTOBELLO WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE TWO WORLD WARS/1914-18 1939-45
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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