Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- near Auldgirth
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72150
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Current location
beside the path leading down to the river Nith
Friar's Carse Hotel
off the A76
about 1.5 miles south of Auldgirth
near Auldgirth
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 0XR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 92507 85077
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Copper Beech Tree with accompanying brass plaque
- Inscription
- THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEMBERS/OF THE POST OFFICE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE TWO WORLD WARS AND IN SPECIAL MEMORY OF/[names in 2 columns]/PLANTED 2001 TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF/THE FOUNDING OF THE POST OFFICE FELLOWSHIP OF REMEMBRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, R
Allen, H B
Bedwell, S R
Beech, R
Brown, M
Causley, R J
Chapman, A R
Chapman, E
Chapman, H
Cheesman, B
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
- Components
- Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Tree
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4727
- The history of the hotel-www.friarscarse.co.uk/the-hotel/about-the-hotel/
- The history of the fellowship-www.classic-hotels.net/membership/
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