Merchiston Castle School

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Reference WMO/259574

Address:

294 Colinton Road

Colinton

Edinburgh

EH13 0PT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Hall
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Metal Gold
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Memorial Hall in the grounds of the school, with 6 wall mounted bronze plaques for WW1 and 2 wall mounted bronze plaques for WW2. The WW1 dedication is in two parts in gold lettering on wooden beams above each rank of 3 WW1 Plaques. 173 WW1 Fallen. 78 WW2. The six panels of the World War One memorial were originally to have been put in a Memorial Hall to have been built on the School's original Merchiston Castle site. The council declined permission for another building to go onto the already crowded site. As a temporary measure, the memorial panels were put in the Old Assembly Hall, and dedicated with a service in November 1923. Merchiston Castle School completed the purchase of the estate of Colinton House in 1924. Over the next few years, a number of new buildings were erected close to Colinton House. Included in one of these was the Memorial Hall. The six panels of the school's First World War memorial were fixed to the wall, three either side of the main entrance to the hall. In years to come, the two memorial panels for the Second World War were placed on the walls opposite the First World War panels. The panels commemorate former pupils as well as masters who were lost in the wars.
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Dedication Beam (Left)-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY Dedication Beam (Right)-OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR WW1 Plaque 1-[names] WW1 Plaque 2-[names]/MASTERS/[names] WW1 Plaques 3 & 4-[names] WW1 Plaque 5-[names]/PREPARATORY/[names] WW1 Plaque 6-[names] Each of 2 WW2 Plaques- 1939-1945/[names in 2 columns]

WW1-Panel 1- Walter William Adam/ David Malcolm Addis/ Wilfred Hudson Aikman/ Tom Alexander/ James Grant Allan/ Charles Ogilvy Anderson/ Herbert Norman Scott Anderson/ Walter Andrews/ Allan Young Annand/ George Hugh Freeland Bartholomew/ William Hedley Bruce Baxter/ Maurice Charles Osborne Black/ David Bremner/ James Bremner/ Charles William Brown/ Ian Murray Paterson Brown/ James William Brown/ John Brown/ George Brownlie Browne/ Bethune Duncan Bruce/ Colin Thomas Burn-Murdoch/ James Hamilton Calder/ William Mackenzie Cameron/ Glenlyon Archibald Campbell/ Ian Dermid Campbell/ Desmond Patrick Webb Carter/ ------------------------ J. M. Bell/ G. P. Blake/ J. O. Haldane/ H. D. Hilton/ Panel 2- Archibald Doouglas Chalmers/ Hugh Paterson Cochrane/ Patrick Francis Considine/ Henry Rodham Cook/ Oliver Henry Donald Cooper/ John Denholm Cousin/ Ronald Cowan/ Roberty Stobo Crawford/ James William Kingsley Darling/ John Gavin Dickson/ Ian Strathy Donald/ Samuel Thornton Donkin/ Reginald Forbes Downie/ William Williamson Kerr Duncan/ Robert Amor Edwards/ James Ellis/ Maxwell Hauton Forsyth/ D'arcy Mackenzie Fraser/ Charles Robert John Garden/ Evelyn Francis Gardiner/ John Gray/ James Cullen Grierson/ Arthur Cuthbert Haldane/ John Halley/ ------------------------ MASTERS- H. De Reuter/ T. F. Roberts/ H. W. Strathairn/ Panel 3- Charles Milne Harvey/ Robert Francis Watt Henderson/ James Hendry/ Charles William Hewer/ Matthew Hodgart/ Donald Herbert Hutchison/ Ernest Rae Jones/ Frederick Haverhill Jones/ John Collie Kinmont/ John Lesley Laidlaw/ Joseph Walton Livingstone/ Edward Wynne Lloyd Jones/ George Barclay Lockhart/ Richard Cuthbert Lodge/ Eric Robert Donaldson Longton/ James Brugh Livingstone Loudon/ Arthur Wilfred Barnes Lowcock/ David Lyell/ Hedley Robert Lyle/ Thomas Basil Lyle/ Lewis Alexander M'Afee/ William Jamieson M'Connochie/ Archibald Ewan Cameron MacDonald/ Harold Stewart McDonald/ Robert MacFarlane/ ------------------------/ W. Elstob/ A. Harris/ S. Kenworthy/ Panel 4- Ronald Aitchison M'Farlane/ William Smith MacFarlane/ Norris M'Gowan/ Chales Edward Stewart MacKenzie/ Frederick Obre MacKenzie/ James Graham MacKenzie/ Archibald James M'Kersie/ Bruce MacKinnon/ Gordon MacKinnon/ Berry M'Lachlan/ George Douglas MacLellan/ HughDobie M'Millan/ George Dunn M'Murdo/ Alexander M'Nab/ John George M'Nairn/ Alister Orr MacNiven/ Peter John Stuart M'Phail/ Roderick Douglas MacRorie/ William Tait MacWhirter/ Hamish McWilliam/ Roger Marshall/ George Duncan Mellis/ Ian MacLellan Miller/ Kenneth Steven Miller/ Robert Gibb Miller/ James Gordon Milne/ ------------------------ Eric Osborne Black/ Hew Edwards Brown/ John William Forrest/ Panel 5- Andrew Neill Mitchell/ Charles Douglas Mitchell/ Robert Oliver/ John Sydney Osborne/ George Hair Pagan/ Ronald Seth Pringle-Pattison/ James Philip Purves/ Lewis Neil Griffith Ramsay/ Alexander Stewart Ritchie/ Charles Boyd Robertson/ James Robertson/ John Stoddart Robertson/ Mathew Freer Rodger/ Richard James Rooney/ Hugh Sanderson/ Roberts Dykes Somerville Shaw/ John George Sheriff/ James Cowie Simpson/ James Robert Simson/ Norman M'Neill Smith/ Andrew Anderson Spiers/ Gilbert Chisholm Drever Spence/ Thomas Gordon Steven/ Ralph Walker Stewart/ Robert Strang/ ------------------------ PREPARATORY- Donal Moncrieff Galloway/ William Norris Gourlay/ James Hamilton Maxwell/ Panel 6- Atholl Archibald Stewart/ David Aymery Stuart/ Anderson Sutherland/ Goodwin Sutherland/ Robert Reginald Tatlock/ Archibald Douglas Templeton/ Godfrey Allan Templeton/ James Flockhart Thom/ Andrew William Thomson/ George Muir Thornton/ Frederick Masefield Cockburn Tod/ Percy Douglas Turnbull/ George Milne Underwood/ John Andrew Ure/ William Alan Ure/ John Milne Usher/ James Bourdillon Wauchope/ Tom Welsh/ Tom Welsh/ Alan Hill Whyte/ George Henry Whyte/ Robert Barbour Whyte/ Richmond Whytt/ Alan Hood Wilson/ Charles Service Workman/ George William Young/ Robert Govan Younger/ ------------------------ Geoffrey Sheild Nicholson/ Laurence Humphrey Plick/ Guy Stainforth Wemyss St. George/ George Allan Campbell Smith/ WW2-Panel 1- Column 1- Hebert Frederick Wilfred Adams/ James Anderson/ John Duncan Allan Anderson/ John Rankine Andrew/ William Robertson Andrew/ Arthur Alexander Ballantine/ Roland Bruce Ballantyne/ James Ian Ivory Balleny/ John Michael Barkla/ Ian Bell/ George Henry Sydney Bennett/ Walter George Swan Benzie/ Horatius John Thomson Bonar/ Norman John Bonnar/ Eric Thomas Boyd/ Robert Donald Brown/ Ian Nicol Fergusson Cameron/ Peter John Cantlon/ Alec Landale Clark/ John Connel/ Column 2- William Sharpe Currie/ William Gordon Dickie/ Duncan Coutts Duguid/ Alexander Henry Duncan/ Eric James Edwards/ Neil Gordon Findlay/ Robert Daniel Fleming/ Ernest Campbell Ford/ Arthur Hamilton Gordon/ Francis Williamson Graham/ Lawrence Harold Gruer/ Kenneth Gerald Henderson/ Charles Albert Hendrick/ Thomas Brodie Herd/ George Anderson Hutcheson/ Alexander Burnett Hutcheson/ Colin Ross Marshall Hutchison/ James Alexander Jackson/ John Alexander Barrie Jamieson/ Centred below the 2 columns- James Ernest Jarvis/ Panel 2- Column 1- Alastair John Oswald Jefffrey/ Ian Alexander Bruce Johnstone/ Ian Kerr/ James Lauder-Nicol/ Alexander Hyde Lay/ Angus MacDonald/ George Nisbet McDougal/ Peter Carey Stuart McDowall/ Robert Donald MacGregor/ John Gordon March/ David William Martin/ Robert Locke Bremner Mavor/ John Alexis Milligan/ Douglas Lister Morrison/ Duncan McIver Mundell/ Thomas Murray/ David Robert Neilson/ Douglas Alexander Patterson/ Alexander Arthur Robin/ Column 2- John James Fraser Russell/ Alan Milne Scott/ Daniel Sharp/ Cecil John William Simpson/ Denis Vaughan Sprague/ Ian Cruickshank Stephen/ David John Duthie Strath/ Hugh Broun Sym/ Graham Taylor/ Iain Watt Torrance/ Robert Davies Turnbull/ Henry Arthur Andrew Webster/ Hugh Miler Williamson/ James Williamson/ James Hood Wilson/ Ian Balfour Cunningham Work/ James Wyllie/ Ralph William Yates/ Robert William Yellowlees/ Hector George Chadwick MASTER

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