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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Annandale And Eskdale
Town
Lockerbie
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44190

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Current location

In stairwell.
Dryfesdale Parish Church
High Street
Lockerbie
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG11 2AF
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NY 13558 81864
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Previous locations
  • Bengall Hall
    near Lockerbie
    Annandale And Eskdale

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Plain rectangular brass plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard. Incised inscription in black lettering surrounded by single line border. Plaque placed onto a larger backboard with five other plaques on it. These other plaques are not war memorials. He died on HMS Zaria which was the Armed Patrol depot ship at Longhope ( Scapa Flow) from June 1915 but not sure what its role would have been the month before when Frank Grierson died.
Inscription
Upper plaque: In memory of/ SUB LIEUT FRANK J. GRIERSON, RNR/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE/ IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY/ ON 27TH MAY 1915 Lower plaque: REMOVED FROM/ BENGALL HALL/ 1973
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Grierson, Frank J
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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,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height c177mm, width c254mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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