Pilot (WO) E B Lascelles DFM

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 8th June 1947
Attended by: Rev. John S. Robertson
Presented
Date: 8th June 1947
Attended by: His wife.
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

85765

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Current location

127
Old and St Andrew's Parish Church
High Street
Montrose
Angus
Tayside
DD10 8QN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 71466 57755
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

Bronze Plaque

Inscription

1939 [RAF Wings] 1945/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/IN IMPERISHABLE AND EVER LOVING/MEMORY OF MY GALLANT HUSBAND/ERNST BRUCE LASCELLES D.F.M./PILOT (W.O.) COASTAL COMMAND R.A.F./FOR FIVE YEARS HE COURAGEOUSLY ENDURED/GREAT PRIVATIONS AS A PRISONER OF WAR/IN A GERMAN CAMP & ON 13TH NOVEMBER/1945, SEVEN MONTHS AFTER REPATRIATION HE/LOST HIS LIFE IN A FLYING ACCIDENT/"His last flight to freedom - his heroic soul/unto the world of light"

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Lascelles, Ernst Bruce
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Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: relationship, forename, surname, decoration, rank, service, date and manner of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Dundee Courier - Monday 09 June 1947
warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4830&mforum=warmemscot
Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs - Friday 13 June 1947

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