Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 87497
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Current location
Note- this is in the adjacent premises to the original
as the original location is now an Ibis Hotel
1
Scottish Life
St Andrew House
Thistle Street,
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH2 1DG
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two Brass Plaques- 1 for each war in a wooden frame
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/THOSE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE/SCOTTISH LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1914-1919/[names]//[WW2 names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitchison, Gordon M
Bates, Donald H
Brown, Richard
Dick, Alexander Y
Johnston, William S
Orr, Robert W
Phillips, John
Young, David G
Young, John J
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- First World War memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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