3rd Leith Company Boys' Brigade War Memorial

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Reference WMO/138659

Address:

Leith St Andrew's Church

410-412 Easter Road

Edinburgh

EH6 8HT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Lamp or Lighting
Lettering: Raised
About the memorial: The 3rd Leith Boys' Brigade Memorial Lamp stands in the grounds of Leith St Andrew's Church at the bottom of Easter Road, Edinburgh. It commemorates the former members of the 3rd Leith BB Company who were killed in both the First and Second World Wars. There are 36 young men remembered on the WW1 plaque with a further 12 who lost their lives in WW2. The freestanding cast iron lamp has a square section base with a raised profile border which shows the rolls of honour and dedication inscriptions. At the bottom of the lamp stem there is a relief Boys' Brigade emblem and winding up the stem is an ornate relief garland. Surmounting the post is a curved hexagon lantern head with decorative detailing and clear plastic (originally glass) panels.
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WW1 Plaque: South Leith U.F. Church / Erected by the 3rd Leith Coy., B.B. Ex-Members Association / "To the Glory of God and in / affectionate remembrance of / our fallen comrades - 1914-1919" WW2 Plaque: Claremont Church / To the glory of God / and in memory of / the ex-members / of the 3rd Leith Company, / The Boys' Brigade / who gave their lives / in the war of 1939-1945 / [Names] / "Their name liveth for evermore"

WW1 Names: Henry S Adams; Thomas Alston; James Anderson; John Anderson; John Auld; John Beatson; Robert Blaikie; James Brown; Douglas Burke; Andrew Chapman; Thomas W Forret; George Gilbert; William Gillespie; Robert Hare; Thomas King; William Legge; Douglas R M Lindsay; Alex S Lumsdaine; James D McGregor; George McGregor; Thomas McKinlay; George McLean George M Miller; Andrew Moodie; Charles Munro; John Orr; William S Rattray; William Redpath; Thomas H Swanson; George Thomson; David Walker; Edward G Walker; John Walker; James Warrington; Douglas Wilson; John Wilson. WW2 Names: John S Alston; George Henderson; William M Knox; David McKenzie; David McRae; Alex B Nichol; Howard Patterson; James V Patten; Raymond Smith; Robt Snodgrass; Thos M Stevenson; Robert R Wilson. Howard Patterson

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