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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: Queen Street Church, Edinburgh |
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Queen Street Church War Memorial, Edinburgh
Location: Vestibule of St Andrew's & St George's, George Street.
OS Ref: NT 254 741
One of several plaques within St Andrew's & St Georges.
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:22 am Post subject: |
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There is only one Alexander Dea listed on the CWGC database
DEA, ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 11/04/1918
Service No: 34089
Additional information: Son of Robert Alexander and Margaret Dea, of II, Wolseley Place, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 112 to 115.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
And this is the most likely candidate for Alexander Haggart
HAGGART, ALEXANDER G.
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 14th Bn.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 24/11/1917
Service No: 38114
Additional information: Son of the late John and Ada Haggart; husband of Charlotte Christina Stewart Haggart, of 4, East Broughton Place, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 10.
Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL |
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Adam Brown Curator
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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In 1947 the Queen Street Church joined with St Andrew's Church on George Street and the Second World War Memorial is a joint one.
See here
The Queen Street Church was sold in 1960 and later demolished.
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Adam Brown Curator
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: |
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This memoral is currently in St Andrew's & St George's Church
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