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    Memorial

    Christ Church WW1

    Source: John Maloney

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    Current Location

    On the east wall of the north transept, Christ Church, 6, Morningside Road, Morningside, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH10 4DD, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NT 24474 71936

    Denomination

    Church of Scotland

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    89003
    Description
    Bronze plaque on a wooden frame. Ornamented border with gilded lettering.
    Inscription
    TO/ THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM CHRIST CHURCH/ MORNINGSIDE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN DEFENCE OF TRUTH AND/ FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919./ 1914/ (Name)/ 1915/ (Names)/ 1916/ (Names)/ 1917/ (Names)/ 1918/ (Names)/ 1919/ (Name)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    24
    Died
    24
    Information shown
    Surname, Name, Rank, Regiment, Year of death
    Order of names
    Year of death
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, forenames
    Additional Information
    VAD Nurse-Miss Daisy K M Coles

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • From The Scotsman on Wednesday 2nd November 1921. CHRIST CHURCH, MORNINGSIDE, EDINBURGH - The war memorial, in the form of a bronze tablet, which has been placed in the east wall of the north transept. "To the honoured memory of those from Christ Church, Morningside, who gave their lives in defence of truth and freedom in the Great War, 1914-1919," was unveiled yesterday, All Saints Day, by Mr James M. Watt, and dedicated by Bishop Walpole. The anthem sung by the choir immediately after the dedication of the memorial was "Blest are the departed," by Spohr. The bishop preached the sermon. Twenty-five members of the congregation, including Miss Daisy K. M. Coles, who was killed in a bombing raid on the hospital where she was nursing in France, perished in the war. A bugler of the 1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry, at the conclusion of the service, sounded the "Last Post" and the "Reveille." The Bishop was assisted by the Rector, the Rev, Eric H, Brereton, O.B.E., Hon. Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class.