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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- City Of Edinburgh
- Town
- Leith
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24 April 1921
Attended by: Rev. Dr. J. A. McClymont, C.B.E, Moderator-designate of the Church of Scotland
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89030
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Current location
South Leith Parish Church
Kirkgate
Leith
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH6 6BJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 270 730
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Previous locations
- The Church was renamed St John's West in 1929 following St John's United Free becoming C of S and being renamed St John's East. The two united in 1955 and then moved to Oxgang.
69-71
St John's Church
Constitution Street
Leith
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 27254 76273
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- The Church was renamed St John's West in 1929 following St John's United Free becoming C of S and being renamed St John's East. The two united in 1955 and then moved to Oxgang.
- Description
- Nowy headed Brass Plaque
- Inscription
- 1914 + 1919/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 3 columns]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 63
Served and returned: 0
Died: 63
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4129&mforum=warmemscot
- St John's Parish Church, Leith In memory of the men of the congregation of St John's Parish Church, Leith, a mural tablet has been erected in the Church. The, unveiling ceremony was performed yesterday by the Rev. Dr. J. A. M'Clymont, C.B.E, Moderator-designate of the Church of Scotland, and the Rev. James Park also took part in the service.
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