Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Argyll And Bute
- Town
- Loch Awe
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70770
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Current location
St Conan's Kirk
off the A85 west of the village
Loch Awe
Argyll And Bute
Strathclyde
PA33 1AL
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NN 11613 26756
Denomination: Non-denominational
- Description
- Brass Plaque in St Conan's Church, Lochawe
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/MAJOR JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON ALSTON/11TH BATTN ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/ELDEST SON OF/CHARLES HENRY ALSTON/BORN 6TH SEPTEMBER 1869/DIED AT ALBERT, FRANCE/3RD JANUARY 1917/"Greater love hath no man than this/that a man lay down his life for his friends."/BURIED AT ALBERT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alston, James William Hamilton
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of birth, date of death, relationships, place of death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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