Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Gretna
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69423
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Current location
In the vestry
St Andrew's Church
Loanwath Road/Central Avenue
Gretna
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG16 5AX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 31758 66980
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Brass plaque on wooden backboard
- Inscription
- IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/OF OUR ETERNAL FELLOW WARDEN/BEN SMITH/WHO LOST HIS LIFE THROUGH/ENEMY ACTION AT GRETNA/ON 7TH APRIL 1941/�HE NOTHING LITTLE DID OR MEAN�
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, Ben
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname and forename, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Kirk Session
- Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic5861.html for photographs
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