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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Perth
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: January 1918
    Attended by: Mr W A Rae, factor of Doalgsfield, Murthly
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
79647

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Current location

Perth Royal Infirmary
Taymount Terrace
Perth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 1NX
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 10412 23623
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Brass Plaque- currently unknown if the plaque still exists
Inscription
[unknown]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Rae, William Alexander
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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, forenames
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Perthshire Advertiser - Wednesday 30 January 1918 In Memoriam. LATE LIEUT. W. A. RAE, MURTHLY. The Directors of the County and City Perth Royal Infirmary have received a donation of £500 from Mr W. A. Rae, factor, Doaiglasfield, Murthly, in memory of his son, Second Lieutenant William Alexander Rae, Black Watch, to whose memory a brass memorial tablet has been: placed in one the surgical wards of the Infirmary. Lieut. Rae was educated at Perth Academy, and at the date of enlistment acted as assistant to his father in the management of the Murthly estates. While keen in business, he was a popular and enthusiastic sportsman. Early in 1916 he enlisted in the Scottish Horse, was trained at Dunkeld and 0.T.C., Oxford, receiving his commission in the Black Watch 1st March, 1917. He had only been a few weeks at the front when he was killed in action In Flanders on the 31st July, his first fight. His Captain wrote:- “He was with us for only a short time, and was more unfortunate than most in receiving his baptism of fire in a big attack. The cheerful way in which he accepted this unusual situation gained our respect and admiration. His geniality in mess was most noticeable. With his decease we lose at once a trusted colleague and a firm friend.”

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