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PERTH, ST. JOHN'S KIRK [BELLS]

 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:40 pm    Post subject: PERTH, ST. JOHN'S KIRK [BELLS] Reply with quote

I have discovered that two bells, nos. 31 & 33, contained within the carillion at St. John's Kirk, Perth are individual war memorials;

31. 38 5/6 in. (973 mm) diameter. G sharp. 10 cwt 2 qrs 5 Ib (535.7 kg). GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, 1934.
(upper waist front: monogram C.F.J.) (upper waist rear:) 5038 (waist:) IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF /
LIEUT. CLAUD NORIE-MILLER, R.A.S.C. / ELDEST SON OF FRANCIS NORIE-MILLER OF CLEEVE, / WHO WAS
DROWNED BY SINKING OF THE TRANSPORT / TRANSYLVANIA, ON 4TH MAY, 1917. / DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI.
(lower waist front: incised) 31

Name: NORIE-MILLER, CLAUD
Initials: C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps
Age: 32
Date of Death: 04/05/1917
Additional information: Son of Mr. F. Norie-Miller, of Cleeve, Perth.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: SAVONA MEMORIAL

33. 43 in. (1092 mm) diameter. F sharp. 15 cwt 0 qr 26 Ib (773.8 kg). GILLETT & JOHNSTON, CROYDON, 1934.
(monogram C.F.J.) (upper waist rear:) 5040 (waist front: an anchor under ANCHOR FAST ANCHOR) / IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF / PATRICK W. GRAY / SEC. LIEUT. R.F.A. / WHO WAS KILLED BY A SHELL / ON ARRAS
FRONT, FRANCE. / B. 4 APL 1898. / D. 9 MAY 1917. / THE ONLY CHILD OF / SIR ALBERT GRAY, K.C.B., K.C. / OF
BOWERSWELL.


Name: GRAY, PATRICK WALWORTH
Initials: P W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: 155th Bde.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 09/05/1917
Additional information: Son of Sir Albert Gray, K.C.B., K.C. and Lady Gray, of Catherine Lodge, Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, London. Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. Born in London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. M. 11.
Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
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