Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8756
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Current location
on right hand side of Altar - when facing altar.
St Giles' Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1RE
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 25728 73590
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Green veined Marble tablet with gold inscribed lettering, and a Copper pictorial plaque at top.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN BELONGING TO THE CONGREGATION/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/BEHOLD WE COUNT THEM HAPPY WHICH ENDURE/[names in 6 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Thomas
Allan, Jas. Stanley
Boyd, Nigel J L
Boyd, William N L
Briggs, C C
Brown, John
Brown, Thomas
Burns, Albert
Burrell, Geo. Wm.
Cadenhead, George
See details for all 99 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 99
Served and returned: 0
Died: 99
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- St. Giles Cathedral
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