Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Table
- District
- Moray
- Town
- Edinkillie
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 12 October 1941
Attended by: Rev, John Morrison, minister-emeritus. Rev. L. Beattie Garden, minister of the parish. - Presented
Date: 12 October 1941
Attended by: Mrs Lindley, grandmother. Organ played by Major the Hon. Robert Bruce, airman's father. - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Cark park on East side of road at bottom of hill near Bridge of Divie.
Edinkillie Parish Church
A940
Edinkillie
Moray
Grampian
IV36 2QH
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 01990 46579
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Communion Table with brass Dedication Plaque
- Inscription
- DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE MEMORY OF / FLYING OFFICER ROBERT BRUCE / R.A.F.V.R. / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE MAY 23 1941 / AGED 26 YEARS / THE GIFT OF HIS PARENTS, GRANDMOTHHER & SISTERS / LIBERTATIS VINDEX MORTUUS EST.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bruce, Robert
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, service, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Table
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Table
- Condition
- F/O Robert Bruce (Communion Table)
- WMO ID: 270856
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Aberdeen Weekly Journal - Thursday 16 October 1941 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19411016/096/0005 HIS WEEK’S OBITUARIES A memorial to the memory of Flying Officer Robert Bruce. R.A.F.V.R., was dedicated in Edinkillie Church of Scotland. Morayshire, on Sunday.
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