Canongate War Memorial Plaque

WM name reference IWM884


Current Location:

Canongate Kirk Royal Mile Edinburgh City Of Edinburgh Lothian EH8 8BR


Description:

Marble Tablet


Campaign:

World War 1


Inscription:

CANONGATE PARISH CHURCH/TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919/[names in 2 columns]


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
King William (Billy) 11-10-1917 Canongate Kirk World War 1 View
Murdoch Kenneth 19-4-1916 Canongate Kirk World War 1 View

Further information:

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If you have information on a specific memorial please send it on to the Historical Committee. The Memorial information required is:

  • Who or what formation of the Regiment is named on the memorial. What event, dates or other inscriptions on the memorial.
  • The country, nearest town/city or other details of location.
  • A description of the memorial with a photograph if possible.
  • For bigger sites a copy of any advertising information or leaflets would be useful.

Please sent any information that you find to: Michael Campbell-Lamerton


As the information on the database builds up Michael Campbell-Lamerton will be sending regular updates to Archives at RHQ who remains the point of contact about for inquiries on past members of the Regiment.