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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
- 89053
Current location
5
St Patrick's Church
South Gray's Close
Cowgate
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1TQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 26123 73610
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Three Brass Plaques each in a wooden frame
- Inscription
- Plaque 1-+/ORATE PRO VIRIS CCCXI-HUIC/ECCLESIAE ADDICTIS QUI SAEVO/GRASANTE BELLO MCMXIV-MCMXIX/FORTITER DIMINCANTES OCCUBLERLINT/[names in 2 columns]/ [Translation- Please pray for the 311 men who from this parish gave their lives in the great war 1914-1919] Plaques 2 and 3- +/[names in 2 columns]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, J
Andrews, Edward
Armstrong, W M
Bain, John
Bain, Sinclair
Baird, Alex.
Baird, David
Barcay, James
Barclay, John
Barrett, Frank
See details for all 313 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 311
Served and returned: 0
Died: 311
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, regiment/service
Order of information: navy first by surname THEN army by regmiment THEN surname with unknown regiment by surname at the end of plaque 3
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaques
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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© WMR-89053
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