Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton, Master of Belhaven and Six other ranks, in memorial parkland

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Reference WMO/259682

Address:

Belhaven Park

Glenpark Road

Wishaw

ML2 7LU

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Flora and Fauna (any)
  • Flora and Fauna Grass
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: ROUGH STONE PILLAR SURMOUNTED BY MALTESE CROSS. SMOOTH FRONT PANEL; WITH NAMES AND INSCRIPTION & the ROYAL ARTILLERY BADGE ABOVE TEXT. The dedication on the pillar is in leaded lettering. The dedication on the entrance pillar is incised. The Parkland this is in was part of the memorial scheme
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Dedication Tablet at Park Entrance- GIFTED BY/LORD BELHAVEN/IN MEMORY/OF HIS SON/WHO WAS KILLED/DURING THE/1914-1918 WAR IN MEMORY OF/LIEUT-COLONEL/THE RIGHT HON RALPH GERARD/ALEXANDER HAMILTON, /ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,/ MASTER OF BELHAVEN/ONLY SON OF/10TH LORD BELHAVEN & STENTON,/BORN FEBRUARY 22 1883/SERVED WITH THE 7TH DIVISION/ IN FLANDERS IN 1914/IN AUGUST 1915 HE TOOK OUT/C. BATTERY, 106TH BRIGADE R.F.A.,/ FOUGHT IN THE 1ST., 2ND AND 3RD/ BATTLES OF YPRES, LOOS, THE/SOMME OFFENSIVE & MESSINES/KILLED IN ACTION BY A SHELL/ON EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 31,/1918, AT CASTEL, NEAR AMIENS,/WHILST COMMANDING 106TH/BRIGADE, R.F.A., DEFENDING THE/RIDGE WHERE THE GERMAN/ADVANCE WAS FINALLY STAYED/ BURIED IN ROUVREL CEMETERY On Separate Panel Below-ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)

Additional names - William Bath R.F.A. / James Ritchie H.L.I. / William Boyd Scots Guards/ Donald Kerr K.O.S.B. / William Winhurst K.R.R.C./ Ernest Johnson K.R.R.C.

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