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Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: St David's RC Church, Dalkeith

St David's RC Church Memorial
Location: West Wall, Church car park, Eskbank Road
OS Ref: NT 328 669

A very religious theme for this church memorial. Although the Calvary is in good condition the inscriptions on the stones are unreadable and only a handful of names can be made out.

I have not bothered to post the stones with the names because of this. Here is an example.

I will try and find out the list of names. Some of them will be on the civic memorial just a few hundred metres along the road.

St David’s

Adam
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Adam Brown · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject:

The first man listed is not on the local civic memorial

KERR, FREDERIC WALTER
Rank: Colonel
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: General Staff
Secondary Unit Text: attd. as G.S.O.1 1st Div. H.Q. Staff
Age: 47
Date of Death: 31/10/1914
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of Admiral Lord Frederic Kerr and Lady Frederic Kerr (nee Maitland); husband of Lady Helen V. L. Kerr, of Lavender Cottage, Breamore, Salisbury.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. AA. 4.
Cemetery: YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

Neither is the second man. He was from Gorebridge and is on that war memorial so it shows the catchment area for this large church.

HUTCHISON, JAMES
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 14/09/1914
Service No: 7539
Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. Douglas, of Gorebridge, Midlothian.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 17.
Cemetery: VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY
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