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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:17 am Post subject: Captain Samuel B Stirling-Cookson - Houndwood Parish Church |
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STIRLING-COOKSON, SAMUEL B.
Rank:Captain
Date of Death:17/05/1915
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Royal Scots Fusiliers
1st Bn.
Grave ReferenceE. 32.
CemeteryDICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stirling-Cookson, of Renton and Houndwood, Berwickshire.
SNWM
Surname STIRLING-COOKSON
Firstname Samuel Baillie
Service Number
Date Death 17/05/1915
Decoration
Place of birth
Other
SNWM roll THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Rank Capt
Theatre of death Unknown
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The Scotsman, 25th January 1921
MEMORIAL TABLETS IN HOUNDWOOD CHURCH - In Houndwood Parish Church on Sunday the Rev J Edgar Davidson BD, minister of the parish, dedicated mural tablets in memory of Mr Charles Lile Stirling-Cookson, late of Houndwood and Reston, and of Captain Samuel Baillie Stirling-Cookson, his son, who was killed in action in France early in the war.
Houndwood Parish Church closed around 2003 and is being converted into a crematorium, to open very shortly.
A few plaques are currently being moved from the church to the belltower room, which will become the crematorium's Book of Remembrance area.
Also on Houndwood civic memorial.
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL B STIRLING-COOKSON
CAPT 1ST BATT ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
YOUNGER SURVIVING SON OF CL STIRLING-COOKSON OF
HOUNDWOOD AND RENTON
BORN 27TH JUNE 1891 KILLED IN
ACTION NEAR YPRES 18TH MAY 1915 BURIED IN
DICKEBUSCH MILITARY CEMETERY
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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I attended the church service to dedicate the new facility this evening - 100 or so people present - and the plaque is now up in the Remembrance Room. |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:35 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) report |
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WMR 81190 |
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