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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Colinton
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87595

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Current location

Colinton Parish Church
Dell Road
Colinton
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH13 0JR
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 21573 69142
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Wall mounted, portrait oriented, black marble backboard supporting a marble tablet. Incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM LISTON FOULIS / TENTH BARONET OF COLINTON / BORN 27TH OCTOBER 1869, DIED 16TH APRIL 1918. / DOROTHY HELEN / DAUGHTER OF SIR CHARLES J. LISTON FOULIS / ELEVENTH BARONET / BORN 10TH MARCH 1907, DIED 8TH JANUARY 1909. / AT LICHTENBURG TRANSVAAL / SIR CHARLES JAMES LISTON FOULIS / ELEVENTH BARONET / BORN 4TH JANUARY 1873, DIED 18TH JUNE 1936. / AT KISUMU, KENYA. / ETHEL CHARLOTTE / ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE NINTH BARONET / BORN 22ND JULY 1878, DIED 29TH JULY 1956. / GEORGE HERBERT / YOUNGEST SON OF THE NINTH BARONET / BORN 14TH DECEMBER 1879, DIED 10TH JUNE 1957. / JAMES ALISTAIR / LIEUTENANT COLONEL R.A. / SON OF LT. COL. A. P. LISTON FOULIS R.M.A. / BORN 31ST JULY 1908 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 30TH APRIL 1942.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationships, surname, forenames, rank, regiment, year born, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Relationships, surname, forenames, rank, regiment, year born, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5897&sid=8c42b62dd3bf5c4e3e880937a88f4f12&mforum=warmemscot

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