Sub Lieutenant F J Grierson

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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

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1332&mforum=warmemscot

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