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St Mungo’s Church (Former) Roll of Honour

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:57 am    Post subject: St Mungo’s Church (Former) Roll of Honour Reply with quote

St Mungo’s Church Roll of Honour
Location: Private House, Scottish Borders

This home-made Roll of Honour for St Mungo’s Church in Edinburgh has had a lucky escape.

The current owner rescued it when the dissolved Lockhart Memorial Church was being salvaged and while the main memorial had been moved to South Leith Parish Church (see here) the Roll of Honour was left behind as scrap.

I have no information on who was responsible for the artwork on the Roll.

Ian Thomson has kindly provided these photographs.



The names





Detail of the top



Detail of the bottom



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

St Mungo's

Built in 1901. This became the Church Hall in 1927



St Mungo's had been formed in 1901 as a Quoad Sacra Parish of South Leith. When money left to build a church was used for St Mungo's it changed its name to Lockhart Memorial (It commemorates Dr Robert Lockhart, minister of Colinton 1861-1902. His sister left money when she died to build a church in his memory in Edinburgh.). In 1987 it was dissolved rather than merge.

The Scotsman reported the unveiling of a St Mungo’s memorial.

From the Scotsman 7th June 1920

ST MUNGO'S CHURCH, LEITH
In St Mungo's Parish Church, Albion Road, Leith yesterday forenoon, a memorial to the officers and men of the congregation who served in the war was unveiled by the Rev. Professor W. P. Paterson.

The memorial, which is suitably inscribed, bears the names of those who fell in battle or died on service, and a complete roll of those who were on service is made of shell cases brought from the Hindenburg Line.

Professor Paterson, in the course of his address, mentioned that over 200 of the congregation had gone to ply the soldiers' tools, and of these 22 had fallen in battle.

Such memorials he said, served three practical purposes. They preserved the memory of the great sacrifices, and kept green the memory of a great deliverance: secondly, they helped to remind people that this great deliverance was accomplished at heavy cost; and, lastly, they helped to preserve the memory of a splendid example. A number of ex-servicemen were present at the service.

In the evening a memorial service for those who lost their lives in the country's service was conducted by the Rev. George Jack, minister of the congregation.


However it doesn’t match the one in South Leith PC, or the one posted here. If it was made from shell cases it would have been of brass.

The numbers match though so is this simple Roll of Honour pictured the first version of a memorial? The second would be a brass one mentioned in the Scotsman article.

Then a third, made of marble, but only listing the dead and including an extra name, Alexander Nicol, was made.

A bit more investigation is needed here I think.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:48 pm    Post subject: st mungos church Reply with quote

Hello Adam, details of painter are as follows:

Designed and painted by W D Mitchell,31 Carlyle Place, Edinburgh,

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