Adam Brown
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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: Arthur Pitman, St John's Episcopal Church |
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Captain Arthur Frederick Edward Pitman Memorial
St John’s Episcopal Church, Junction of Lothian Road and Princes Street, Edinburgh
OS Ref: NT 247 736
Note the two badges on this memorial. The Captain's badge from the 5th Seaforth Highlanders at the top and the RFC at the bottom.
The 5th Seaforth's used the family Crest and Motto of the Clan Sutherland. It was the TF battalion in Sutherland and Caithness and was HQ'd in Golspie.
Officers wore a unique badge that differed depending on rank. Lieutenants had one feather, captains two, majors three and colonels four.
Here are the CWGC database details for Captain Pitman
Name: PITMAN, ARTHUR FREDERICK EDWARD
Initials: A F E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps
Unit Text: 57th Sqdn.
Secondary Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders
Secondary Unit Text: and 5th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 03/01/1918
Additional information: Son of John S. and Mabel Pitman, of 22, Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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