Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Roxburgh
Town
Hawick
County
Borders
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Newbury Abbot Trent RBS (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44389

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Current location

Wilton Parish Church
Dickson Street
Hawick
Roxburgh
Borders
TD9 7AY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 50202 15284
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Rectangular plaque on backboard. Top half of the plaque contains a head and shoulders relief of the deceased and below the inscription is the cap badge of the King's Own Scottish Borderers
Inscription
TON THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD & EVER LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ WATER GERALD PRINGLE/ 2ND LIEUT 6TH BATT. K.O.S.B./ WHO GAVE HIS LFIE FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ AT/ PASCHENDAELE BELGIUM/ 12TH OCT 1917 AGED 24/ WE REMEBER WHAT HE WAS WITH THANKFUL HEART/ THE RIGHT THE BRAVE THE TENDER AND THE TRUE/ ERECTED BY HIS FATHER MOTHER AND SISTER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Pringle, Walter Gerald
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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: rank, surname, date of death, regiment,place of death,forenames, anner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Green
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference

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