The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  George Heriot's School, Edinburgh Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 32, 33, 34  Next          The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Edinburgh - School Memorials View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message ADP Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:56 am    Post subject: George Heriot's School, Edinburgh From http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5607 DelBoy wrote: ... George Heriot's School memorial in Lauriston place, Edinburgh. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=122498 The war memorial can be seen to the east of the school (left side of the school in this 2001 photo). The Rolls of Honour for both World Wars are published in books. http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5355 http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5354 The school website has a pdf version of their World War II Roll of Honour. http://www.george-heriots.com/former-pupils/other-items-for-fps/roll-of-honour-1939-1945 ADP Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:16 pm    Post subject: Last edited by gourdongirl on Sat May 08, 2010 10:49 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:03 am    Post subject: The WWI Memorial. The front of the Memorial. TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE FORMER PUPILS AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO RETURNED NOT AGAIN ARE HERE INSCRIBED TO THEIR HONOUR FOR EVERMORE. 1914-1919. Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 11:04 pm    Post subject: The following inscription is carved round the top of the base. DOLCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORT ( The last line from Wilfred Owen's poem called Dolce et decorum est. Meaning it is sweet and right to die for your country) AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. (Lines from the poem For the fallen by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)) Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 11:09 pm    Post subject: There are 6 large panels and 1 small panel and a sword round the Memorial. There are 478 names on the Memorial. Panel 1 I have broken them up into smaller sections for easier reading. A W Adlam J Ainslie A W Aitchison T D Aitchison W J Aitchison J R F Aitken J Alcorn J M Alcorn J M Alexander A Allan D Allan R C Allan T Amos J A Ancrum G Anderson H J Anderson L A Anderson N H Anderson S S Anderson W S Anderson J A Angus R G Angus J Arnold T G Arnot J A Arthur W D Austin J Bain W D H Baird E M M Balfour G D Balfour E Bannerman R G Bannerman W J G Bannerman R A Barnett J O Barron J A Batchelor A Baxter W Bee J Bell J R Bell J N Bell W Bell J F Bennie I W A Beynon H W Bishop A M Bisset J S Bisset C M Black J Blacklock A Blair W Blair G M H Blakeley F Bland R L Blyth A W Bonnyman R Borthwick W M Brand R B Brooks J Broomfield C A Brown D D Brown L S Brown R Brown W Brown H E Browne J H Bruce O Bruce W A Bruce J Bruce N J Burnett J M S Calderhead T W Cameron W H Cameron E J Campbell R N Campbell D H Carmichael C F A Challis R D Chisholm Last edited by gourdongirl on Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:04 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:05 pm    Post subject: Panel 2 I have broken the picture down into section, to make it easier to read. R A Christison W B Clark W Clark T H Clow J C Clyne E J Cole J R Colley J Collins J Colthart P Conochie W Cooper S Cormack A Cowan T Cowan J Cowe D S Cowie J J Cowie G B Cownie E R Craig J H Cresswell R M Cromarty J R Crowe A C Cunningham R A Cunningham T R Currer J M Dalziel A B Davidson D A Davidson F B Davidson G L Davidson W J Davidson W Davidson J Davie J N M Davies J T K Dea J E Deans E M Denton A H Dewar J M Dewar R J Dickson W Dickson W H Dixon D B Docherty D B Doig D Donaldson W D Donaldson H Dorward W D Douglas J A Downie A E Drysdale W W R Drysdale J W Dugid A C Duncan C S Duncan H H Duncan J F Duncan G Dunlop H Dunn A Durward H G Eagar W Easton F Edgar A C Ellacott G W English G M Ewan W M Fairbairn A Fairweather A J Falconer J C Falconer F D Farquharson A J Fernie A M Flint A F Forbes H W Forbes J Ford A R Forsyth A A Forsyth N C Fernie (Between columns at the bottom) Last edited by gourdongirl on Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:22 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:08 pm    Post subject: Panel 3 Again I have broken it down into smaller sections. C E C Forsyth W M Forsyth A B Fotheringham G D Fraser O C Fraser H S French J W Frew A Fulton W B Fulton W J R Gall P B Gardner J Gatheral J M Geddes W N Gentles T Gibson W C Gilchrist W Gilespie W Goodfellow J B Gordon W S Gordon W P Grafton T R Graham C R Grant A Gray F A Gray W Gray C E green J C Grierson W Grieve T A Grigor E E Gulland W C Gunn A C Guthrie B G Habicht J W Haig T T Halcrow E M Haldane J F Hall W Hall J H Hamilton W L Hamilton H W Hannah H H Hartley J E Hastings F P K Hay J M Hay J S Hayburn D A Heggie M A Henderson R G Henderson J A Henry H Hobson G Hodgson J Hood C M Horne F M S Hourston F S Howell J Howes J H Howie G J Hume J W Hunter G Hutton F W Illingworth T B Inglis J A Ireland J M Ireland C H Jardine A W H Johnston A D Johnston L Johnston O F Johnston R Johnston M H Jones J Jordan T T Kay T T Kellas A Kerr G T Kerr W Kerr (Between columns at the bottom) Last edited by gourdongirl on Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:58 am; edited 2 times in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:10 pm    Post subject: Back Panel H A Brown T Brown A S Dick D H Forrest R M Kiddie A B Mackie W V Newbigging T L Wallace J C P Watson Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:14 pm    Post subject: Panel 4 Smaller sections R Kilpatrick C Kitson L A Knight J Lamb W M Lamb J M Larnach A B Law W F D Law F Lawrence D S Lawrie G Lawrie A M Learmonth G Lees C Leonard J Liddell A C Lindsay O Linklater E G Littlejohn A M Lomax G C Lowe J Lowe R Lowe A H Lyall W K Lynn A W McBean K McBean W C McBeath D McM McBlane P C McDiarmid R W MacDonald J B McDougal M MacEwan C M MacFarlane T MacFarlane G R McGechan R F McGibbon D S McGregor J S McGrogan J L E McIntosh W H MacIntosh A C MacKenzie J B MacKenzie R D McLean A MacLeod D F McLeod V C A MacLeod J McNeill D MacPherson I MacPherson I D MacPherson W S C MacPherson L G MacRae C W McRitchie W MaGuire J M Maitland A J Malcolm J Mallace J Malone F J Maloney J T Martin W J B Martin R G I Mavor R Maxwell J B Mein J S Merriles J Millar R G Millar J Miller M Miller W S Milliken J R Milne R M M Milne C Mitchell F J Mitchell T C Moffatt J Moghan J C Monteith A H Moorhead R S McIntosh (Between columns at the bottom of the list) Last edited by gourdongirl on Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:52 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:18 pm    Post subject: Panel 5 Smaller sections J Morgan J S Morrison J S Mortimer A C M Muir G W Muirhead C B Munro W J Murray D T Neill G J Newlands A Nicol J Nicol A Nisbet H H Norton A W Norval J W Old W H Oldham J F Oliver W Outerson D A E Owens A Park T M Parkhill C Paterson J Paterson J J Paterson R L Paterson T W Paterson J Paton J A Patterson F L Pattullo H S Philip R Plenderleith R G Ponton H M Porteous W Porteous H H Potts J Potts R W Potts G Pratt J G Rae W W B Raffin J Ramsay J J Reekie D I Reid J Reid R W Reid G A F Renwick J M Richardson T Ritchie W T J Ritchie C P Robertson J J Robertson T A Robertson W S Robertson W Robertson W B Robertson W F Robertson H L Robson N Rogerson J Rosenbluth C H D Ross G Ross T Ross A R Rouse K S Runciman Jas. 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Russell J Scott J G Scott J B Scott J R Scott W L Scott G Seggie A Sharp D F Shepherd P G Shepherd N F Shirlaw J Sinclair N Sinclair Last edited by gourdongirl on Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:57 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:21 pm    Post subject: Panel 6 Smaller sections R Sinclair D D Sinclair A M Smith C H Smith G Smith G S Smith J Smith R Smith R M Smith T W Smith J D W Spence J Spence A Spiers P Spowart R O Squair T H Stark W G Stark A C Steedman J Steele A Stewart R.S A Stewart R.S.Gds A B Stewart J E Stewart B Strachan R W Strachan J Y Stuart C C Stubbs D B Tait J A Tait T H Tait D R Taylor W F Templeton A Thom G Thom A W Thomson J A Thomson M Thonson R G Thomson H P Turnbull R Turnbull G S Turner G Turner W F M Vallance A Wallace H S Wallace J Wallace 16th R.S J Wallace 4th R.S J H D Wallace W E Wallace J Warrington W O Wilson J D Weir W A West F Westwater J Westwood R.G.A J Westwood R.N J Wetherston A H White W S White J E Whitehead J Whitson W J Whitton D S Wilkie J Williamson R J Wilson W Wilson W J Wilson W S Wilson W A Wood D Wright M N Wright J Young J R Young W Young Aus. W Young R.H.A A R Younger R Tully (Between columns at bottom of list) Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:28 pm    Post subject: Carving round the top of the Memorial. Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:00 pm    Post subject: WWII War Memorial The WWII War Memorial is situated in the wall behind the WWI Memorial. It has 5 panels, 3 with 2 colums of names and 2 with 3 columns, totaling 221 names. The two inscripitions below can be found on the wall beneath the panels with the three columns of names. TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE FORMER PUPILS AND STAFF OF THIS SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1940 THESE SAW THEIR DUTY PLAIN, THEIR LIVES THEY GAVE FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH AND RIGHT. Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:05 pm    Post subject: Panel 1 I also split them into smaller sections to make them easier to read. J Aitken D A Allan D I M Allan E D Anderson J B Anderson P Anderson H E Bannister R Batchen W J Baxter A A Bell S Bell H M Bennie A Berry C W G Biddlecombe A M H Black T E S Borthwick G W Bowes H W A Britton C D Brown T R Brown W F Brown R W Bruce W S Bruce R G Brydon E A Buglass J Burton W A Calderwood J Cameron James C Cameron John C Cameron H A Campbell J G Campbell J A Campbell WW Cant A S Carr A M Cavage H E Chalmers (Along bottom of panel) Back to top gourdongirl Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 1200 Location: Musselburgh Scotland Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:07 pm    Post subject: Panel 2 Smaller sections D J Clow D Cochrane W Cook B B Cooper D K Coventry A G R Cowe J W B Craig J F Cromarty W G Cumming A H Cunningham J D Dalgleish J R Darroch W Davies G H Dickie J E Dickson J Don P M Douglas A D McG Duncan A J Duncan G R P Duncan J Edwards J B Edwards P B Fairbairn W F P Fairbairn D J Falconer R H P Fernie T L Fisher G B Forrest R I D Forsyth R D Foster K Fraser W Fraser J A Fyfe R S Gall G R Gibson W F Gibson J G Glen W L Gourlay J S Gray W J D Gray A W J Grellis A T Grieve G Gunn J A Harris S G D Hay S Hogg A B Hunter E H Hunter J R Hunter W R Hutchison C B R Inch G McK Jamieson J R A Johnston R Johnston Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Scottish Military Research Group - 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