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Lt Col Armitage, Challoch Churchyard

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:55 pm    Post subject: Lt Col Armitage, Challoch Churchyard Reply with quote

Not listed on UKNIWM

OS Map Ref NX 385 675

This is (or at least appears to be) an original WW1 battlefield cross now placed in the churchyard of Challoch Episcopal Church near Newton Stewart as a memorial. Given the condition and the fact that it is outside, I would surmise that it has been repainted at least once.

Name: ARMITAGE, FRANCIS ARTHUR WILLIAM
Initials: F A W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Hampshire Regiment
Secondary Unit Text: Commanding 1st Bn.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 22/04/1918
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of Arthur Calrow Armitage and Alice Barbara Armitage, of Kirroughtree, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire; husband of Eileen P. R. Armitage (nee Day), of Ivy Cottage, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffs.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 25.
Cemetery: GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY

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