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Tam Nugent
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: WWI Memorial at Hillwood Primary School, Ratho Station |
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I "discovered" this memorial in an exterior wall at Hillwood Primary School in Ratho Station last week. I don't see it featured anywhere on the site. If it's already here, can someone please provide a link to it? |
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ADP
Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Memorial: (Ratho Station / Newbridge?) "Men of this district"
Location: Hillwood Primary School, Station Road, Ratho Station, EH28 8PT
Grid Ref: NT131723
UKNIWM Ref: (not found)
I take it the memorial is the dark grey panel on the single-storey building down the hill in this picture. As this is a modern building, I presume the panel was removed from an older school in Ratho Station.
View of memorial on Google Maps streetview
The history page on their website implies they have done some project work on WWI at Remembrance Day (be prepared to wait a few minutes for the pictures to appear - slow website?).
http://www.hillwood.edin.sch.uk/
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Tam Nugent
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:38 am Post subject: WWI Memorial at Hillwood Primary School, Ratho Station |
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ADP wrote: | Memorial: Hillwood Primary School, WWI
Location: Station Road, Ratho Station, EH28 8PT
Grid Ref: NT131723
UKNIWM Ref: (not found)
I take it the memorial is the dark grey panel on the single-storey building down the hill in this picture. As this is a modern building, I presume the panel was removed from an older school in Ratho Station.
View of memorial on Google Maps streetview
The history page on their website implies they have done some project work on WWI at Remembrance Day (be prepared to wait a few minutes for the pictures to appear - slow website?).
http://www.hillwood.edin.sch.uk/
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Yes, that's it. The inscription refers to "the men of this district" and not specifically to any school, church, institution or place.
The school website loads pretty slowly for me too.
I have a couple of photos which show the details, including all of the names. Where should I post these? |
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ADP
Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 467 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Hi Tam,
My thoughts are that you should post the photos on this thread. Hopefully one of the site administrators or moderators can move this thread to the appropriate section of the forum.
Quote from Wikipedia:
The local primary school is Hillwood Primary School, which replaced the now closed Newbridge Primary School in 1972.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratho_Station
The question is, where was the memorial originally sited?
I will modify the memorial title in my post above.
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David McNay Administrator
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:16 am Post subject: |
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If it's named to "men of this district" then the appropriate civic section is where it should be posted. |
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lost in tilloy
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tam
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I visited the school this morning and took a few photos too.
I've researched Great War casualties from the districts around this one and all the names appear either in my Ratho ROH or Kirkliston ROH, both of which covered the Newbridge district.
As Hillwood Primary replaced the school in Newbridge, and the memorial definitely has "To the memory of the men of this district" as opposed to "this school", I'm wondering if this memorial may have originally have been a distinct "Newbridge District" memorial, even though the Kirkliston memorial states it covers the Newbridge area.
If so, I'd imagine it would go under the "Edinburgh Civic" option with a reference to the fact it is now located at Hillwood Primary School, Ratho Station but may have originally been the Newbridge District Great War Memorial.
I'm happy to put up a photo too once we've come to an agreement as to which section it should be in.
Any further thoughts from the moderators?
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Adam Brown Curator
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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LIT
It should be in the civic section of Edinburgh memorials.
Cheers
Adam |
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lost in tilloy
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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I've sent an e-mail to the school asking if they have any information about where the memorial originally came from.
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Tam Nugent
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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If someone with experience in these things would like to create the entry under Edinburgh Civic, I will add my photos to that entry. |
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lost in tilloy
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tam
Have started a thread under Edinburgh Civic Memorials called Ratho Station/Newbridge.
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lost in tilloy
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Have had a quick reply from the school who confirm this was orginally the Newbridge District Great War Memorial:
"Yes, I can confirm that the memorial was originally the Newbridge District Great War Memorial. Could you send us a link to the website you intend to put it on? I'm sure this would be of great interest to our school community and maybe we could even use it find out more about members of the community who fought.
Kind Regards,.."
I have sent the link as requested and also some material regarding the casualties I have as a thank you for the schools quick response.
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ADP
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