Flight Commander R A Little DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, Croix de Guerre with Star

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Reference WMO/138879

Address:

Eskdalemuir Parish Church

junction B709/B723

Eskdalemuir

DG13 0QH

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Flight Commander Little of the RNAS was Australian, and was killed over France in 1918. The memorial was placed by the Clan Little Society. Plain square metal plaque with incised inscription in white paite lettering mounted on a sandstone base set into the ground. Badge of the Royal Naval Air Squadron incised at the top centre of plaque
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BORN HAWTHORN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 19TH JULY 1895 "NAVAL 8" SQUADRON "NAVAL 3" KILLED IN ACTION OVER NORVIZ FRANCE 27TH MAY 1918 AGED 22 YEARS/ R.N.A.S./ IN HONOUR OF/ ROBERT ALEXANDER LITTLE D.S.O. AND BAR, D.S.C. AND BAR, C. DE G. WITH STAR/ FLT. CMDR. ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE, (CAPT 203 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, APRIL 1ST 1918...)/ AUSTRALIA'S LONG UNRECOGNISED FIGHTER PILOT ACE OF ACES/ CREDITED WITH DESTROYING 47 ENEMY AIRCRAFT IN AERIAL COMBAT/ OVER THE WESTERN FRONT IN WORLD WAR 1./ THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE/ BY/ CLAN LITTLE SOCIETY/ IN THE PARISH WHERE HIS LITTLE FOREBEARS DWELT/ AT FOULBOGSHIEL/ BY THE BLOODHOPE BURN IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE WHITE ESK./ "BOLD AGGRESSIVE AND COURAGEOUS/ YET HE WAS GENTLE AND KINDLY"/ UNVEILED BY/ COMMODORE R. J. SANDFORD C.B.E. ROYAL NAVY/ NAVAL REGIONAL OFFICER SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND/ 7TH AUGUST 1997

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