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    Memorial

    William Younger and Company Limited - WW2

    View of the Kirk

    Source: Copyright Susan Eldridge

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    Current Location

    Canongate Kirk, 153, Canongate, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH8 8BN, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 26438 73827

    Denomination

    Church of Scotland

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    57421
    Description
    Metal plaque attached to wall of Kirk. Flag of Scotland surrounded by a wreath above. Names of fallen in a column below with four badges and decoration each side. Badges of William Younger and of Scotland below with 1939-1945 in between. It is hung alongside the WW1 plaque (IWM 87474) and a third, smaller plaque explaining the relocation.
    Inscription
    IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE EMPLOYEES OF/ WILLIAM YOUNGER & Co LTD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ 1939 1945
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    23
    Died
    23
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname, initials of forenames

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    • Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 21 May 1948 Page 3 UNVEILED TO-DAY (picture of unveiling) ---
    • The Scotsman - Saturday 22 May 1948 Page 3 STAFF WAR MEMORIAL. --- (23 names including Major Harry Younger, a member of the firm, who was killed at St. Valery.)
    • A Century of British Brewers plus plus 1890-2012 by Norman Barber, Mike Brown and Ken Smith pp.99-100 Published:Longfield Brewery History Society 2012 Longfield, Kent William Younger & Co. Ltd merged with William McEwan & Co. Ltd of Fountain Brewery, Edinburgh in May 1931 to form Scottish Brewers Ltd. Merged with Newcastle Breweries Ltd in 1960to form Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Holyrood Brewery closed May 1986.
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