Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Annandale And Eskdale
Town
Eskdalemuir
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 7th August 1997
    Attended by: Commodore R J SANDFORD CBE
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44137

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Current location

Eskdalemuir Parish Church
B709
Eskdalemuir
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG13 OQH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NY 25259 97896
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Plain square metal plaque with incised inscription in white paite lettering mounted on a sandstone base set into the ground. Badge of the Royal Naval Air Squadron incised at the top centre of plaque
Inscription
BORN HAWTHORN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 19TH JULY 1895 "NAVAL 8" SQUADRON "NAVAL 3" KILLED IN ACTION OVER NORVIZ FRANCE 27TH MAY 1918 AGED 22 YEARS/ R.N.A.S./ IN HONOUR OF/ ROBERT ALEXANDER LITTLE D.S.O. AND BAR, D.S.C. AND BAR, C. DE G. WITH STAR/ FLT. CMDR. ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE, (CAPT 203 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, APRIL 1ST 1918...)/ AUSTRALIA'S LONG UNRECOGNISED FIGHTER PILOT ACE OF ACES/ CREDITED WITH DESTROYING 47 ENEMY AIRCRAFT IN AERIAL COMBAT/ OVER THE WESTERN FRONT IN WORLD WAR 1./ THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE/ BY/ CLAN LITTLE SOCIETY/ IN THE PARISH WHERE HIS LITTLE FOREBEARS DWELT/ AT FOULBOGSHIEL/ BY THE BLOODHOPE BURN IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE WHITE ESK./ "BOLD AGGRESSIVE AND COURAGEOUS/ YET HE WAS GENTLE AND KINDLY"/ UNVEILED BY/ COMMODORE R. J. SANDFORD C.B.E. ROYAL NAVY/ NAVAL REGIONAL OFFICER SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND/ 7TH AUGUST 1997
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Little, Robert Alexander
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age,relationships,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 300MM, width 300MM
    Materials: Metal
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
DUMFIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
Reference

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