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stuartn
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 Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 5:29 pm Post subject: LIEUT COLONEL JAMES CLARK CB KC., Paisley Abbey |
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This is the great East Window of Paisley Abbey,
Full details including images are at WMR 90479.
The dedication reads-
Light 1-TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY
Light 2-OF LIEUT COLONEL JAMES CLARK CB KC
Light 3-WHO FELL IN ACTION 10TH MAY 1915
Light 5-AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
Light 7-WHILE COMMANDING THE 9TH BATTALION
Light 8-ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Light 9-ERECTED BY HIS WIFE NORAH KATHLEEN CLARK |
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Kenneth Morrison
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Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Lieutenant Colonel
CLARK, JAMES
Died 10/05/1915
Aged 56
9th Bn.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
C B
Son of James and Jane Smith Clark; husband of Norah Kathleen Clark, of Ravelston, Blackhall, Midlothian.
BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
and (no connection at all) I just happened to notice that buried nearby is:
Bombardier
SWINNERTON, WILLIAM
Service Number RMA/12603
Died 13/05/1915
Aged 23
Royal Marine Artillery
Son of John Henry and Hermina Adriana Schrikker Swinnerton, of 7, Avenue de la Bourdonnais, Paris. Born at Amsterdam, Holland.
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