Greyfriars WW2 Pulpit

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Reference WMO/259446

Address:

Greyfriars Kirk

Candlemaker Row

Edinburgh

EH1 2QE

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Pulpit
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
About the memorial: Rectangular Restored pulpit with roll of honour on three scrolls each on white paper in own leather frame and all frames joined side by side. Central panel is inscribed in the form of a cross. Carving on back of pulpit consists of three armorial shields in colour - those of City of Edinburgh, Queen of Scots and the University of Edinburgh with date 1951. Carved back, canopy and memorial panel added as War Memorial
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Left hand panel: HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD LET THE GLORIOUS DEAD/BE EVER REMEMERED IN HONOUR AND GRATITUDE. (14 names)/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.; Central panel: THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE IN THE CONGREGATION/WHO DIED IN THE/SECOND WORLD/WAR ARE COMMEMORATED IN THE PULPIT/ WAR/MEMORIAL/1939-1945 ; Third panel: THIS MEMORIAL ALSO COMMEMORATES THE/HIGH ENDEAVOURS, DEVOTION TO DUTY AND/SACRIFICES OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN/ WHO SERVED IN THE NAVY, THE ARMY, THE AIR FORCE/AND THE CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES, WHO DEFENDED/OUR SHORES AND OUR LIBERTIES. WE REMEMBER/AND GIVE THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD. WE ALSO REMEMBER/ ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS/KILLED IN KOREA/23RD AP. 1951.

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