Leith - St John's Church WW1 and St John's East Church WW2

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Reference WMO/288396

Address:

South Leith Parish Church

Kirkgate

Leith

Edinburgh

EH6 8BJ

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Nowy headed Brass Plaque for WW1 and contiguous brass plaque below for WW2 with inscription as continuation. Leith St John's East Church was known as Leith St John's until 1929 so the members of the congregation being commemorated are the same during both Wars, although the church may have changed its name. In 1955 it merged with Leith St John's West to form Leith St John's located at 69-71 Constitution Street. In 1956 St John's was transported to Oxgangs on the South of the city. War Memorials Online records this as a single war memorial because the wording connects them whereas IWM's War Memorials Register treats them as two different war memorials under different criteria see Links.
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WW1 - 1914 + 1919/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 3 columns]/"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS". WW2 - AND OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/[names in 2 columns]

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