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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:24 am    Post subject: DOUGLAS EMSLIE Reply with quote

This memorial is within Crieff Parish Church, but originally inside The West Church Crieff, where David Emslie was minister;




Name: EMSLIE, The Rev. DOUGLAS
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Age: 41
Date of Death: 12/06/1940
Service No: 111056
Awards: M M, Mentioned in Despatches
Additional information: Son of the Revd. William Emslie and of Jessie Douglas Emslie (nee Cuthbert); husband of Anna Emslie (nee Nikolina) of Crieff, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C, 33.
Cemetery: ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX FRANCO-BRITISH CEMETERY


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TO THE GLORY OF GOD &
IN MEMORY OF
REV. DOUGLAS EMSLIE M.M.
MINISTER OF WEST PARISH CRIEFF
1937 - 1940
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Link to obituary;

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19410110&id=Cyw1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=0qULAAAAIBAJ&pg=5653,771650
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