Memorial

Edinburgh Free Church College

Source: John Maloney

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Current Location

In the Chalmers Hall, on the fourth floor, Edinburgh Theological Seminary (formerly known as the Free Church College), 15, North Bank Street, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 2LS, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NT 25520 73615

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 78623
Description: Brass plaque in wooden frame
Inscription: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/TO THE MEMBERS OF THE/STUDENTS OF THE FREE./CHURCH OF SCOTLAND/WHO ANSWERED THEIR / KING'S CALL AND GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1918/[names]/"THEY WERE A WALL UNTO/US BOTH BY NIGHT AND/DAY" + + (1 Samuel. XXV, 16)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 11
Died: 11
Information shown: rank, forename, initial, surname, regiment, decoration
Order of names: Rank

Conservation

Components

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Further Information

FREE CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL- Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 21 October 1920- At the ceremony of unveiling a tablet which has been erected in the Free Church Offices, Edinburgh, in memory of divinity students who fell in the war the Rev. Principal M'Culloch presided. The large brass tablet bears tho names of eleven students of the Free Church College who gave their lives in the war. The Rev. John M'Leod O.B.E., Dornoch, presented the memorial to the Senatus, and Principal M'Culloch unveiled the tablet.
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