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Westerkirk - Bentpath War Memorial
Located in front of the church at Bentpath.
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The views and surroundings are awesome - you've got to try and get there.
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From Adam Brown:
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:
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The theatres of action on the base are a nice touch on this memorial.
Where is the church in Bentpath?
Adam
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Just take the minor road and cross the bridge over the river. The church is in a commanding position over the village so you can't miss it. The memoriai is in the church ground. The church is one of the biggest I have seen in this area and in a very small village to boot. Quite out of proportion, but grand nonetheless. |
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| spoons wrote: | | The church is in a commanding position over the village so you can't miss it. The memoriai is in the church ground. The church is one of the biggest I have seen in this area and in a very small village to boot. Quite out of proportion, but grand nonetheless. |
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War Memorial at Bentpath, Westerkirk.
Designed by Beattie & Co., Carlisle.
Cost £170
Unveiled 1920 by Lieutenant General Sir Spencer Ewart. |
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Robert and William Beattie were brothers and the only sons of William & Elizabeth Beattie though the information supplied to the CWGC would make this fact easily overlooked:
Name: BEATTIE
Initials: ROBERT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 18/05/1917
Service No: 23446
Additional information: Son of William and Elizabeth Beattie, of Westerkirk Mains, Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire. Native of Westerkirk.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVIII. O. 14.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Name: BEATTIE,
Initials: WILLIAM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 30/03/1916
Service No: 13206
Additional information: Son of William Beattie, of Burnfoot Ewes, Langholm, Dumfriesshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
The diary for the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards records the events surrounding William's death at Hooge near Ypres in March 1916:
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