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Memorial details

Memorial type
Battlefield cross or marker
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Cramond
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88688

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Current location

This cross was originally outside beside the family grave IWM WMR reference 88687) but was moved inside the Kirk after an attempt to burn it.
Cramond Kirk
Cramond Glebe Road
Cramond
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH4 6NS
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 18972 76848
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
A typical GRU/IWGC battlefield cross with one GRU tag on the upright and three white metal strips on the cross member . The base of the upright is damaged with some loss of material . Displayed alongside the cross is a laminated document describing the circumstances of the officers death and further information about the cross and other related memorials .
Inscription
The notice- This cross marked the temporary/grave of Second Lieutenant David/Borthwick Tait, 4th Battalion Royal Scots,/attached to the 5th/6th Battalion. He was/killed in action at Parvillers, France on 11th/August 1918, aged 23. His remains are now/interred in Bouchoir New Cemetery,/maintained by the Commonwealth War/Graves Commission. Bouchoir is a village/on the main road from Amiens to Roye. The/cemetery was made after the Armistice/when graves were brought from several/small Commonwealth Cemeteries and from/the battlefields around Bouchoir and south of/the village.// This grave marker was installed/by the Grave Registration Unit (GRU) when/he was buried in his temporary grave on the/17th August 1918. It was returned to his/family when he was re-interred at Bouchoir.// His family's burial plot lies to the/right of the back entrance to Cramond Kirk/graveyard, where there is also a memorial to him. GRU Tags- At top of the shaft a GRU Tag:- GRU On the cross beam: 1. 2/LIEUT TAIT. 2. 5/6 ROYAL SCOTS. 3, 17-8-18 CWGC records show date of death as 11th Aug 1918
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Tait, David Borthwick
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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, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
  • Scroll
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Battlefield Cross or Marker
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 775mm, width 400mm
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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