The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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This memorial is located in Kenmuir Mount Vernon Church

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SCARED TO THE MEMORY OF
BRIGADIER GENERAL NEIL DOUGLAS FINDLAY C.B. ROYAL ARTILLERY
BORN 7TH MAY 1859
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE ON 10TH SEPTEMBER 1914
WHILST COMMANDING ROYAL ARTILLERY 1ST DIVISION
SERVED WITH THE HAZARA EXPEDITION 1888
SOUTH AFRICA 1899 – 1900

Name: FINDLAY, NEIL DOUGLAS
Initials: N D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Brigadier General
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: Commanding 1st Div.
Age: 55
Date of Death: 10/09/1914
Awards: C B
Additional information: Son of the late Thomas Dunlop Findlay, of Easterhill, Lanarkshire; husband of the late Alma Findlay (nee Lloyd). Served in the South African War.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. A. 53.
Cemetery: VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.

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