Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Nithsdale
Town: near Auldgirth
County: Dumfries And Galloway
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 72150

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Current location

beside the path leading down to the river Nith
Friar's Carse Hotel
off the A76
about 1.5 miles south of Auldgirth
near Auldgirth
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 0XR
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 92507 85077
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Copper Beech Tree with accompanying brass plaque

Inscription

THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEMBERS/OF THE POST OFFICE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE TWO WORLD WARS AND IN SPECIAL MEMORY OF/[names in 2 columns]/PLANTED 2001 TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF/THE FOUNDING OF THE POST OFFICE FELLOWSHIP OF REMEMBRANCE

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Alexander, R
Allen, H B
Bedwell, S R
Beech, R
Brown, M
Causley, R J
Chapman, A R
Chapman, E
Chapman, H
Cheesman, B
See details for all 22 names

Commemorations

20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname

Components

Tree
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4727
The history of the hotel-www.friarscarse.co.uk/the-hotel/about-the-hotel/
The history of the fellowship-www.classic-hotels.net/membership/

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