Private Gilbert Anderson-Battlefield Cross

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Reference WMO/260262

Address:

Kells Parish Church

A762

New Galloway

DG7 3SD

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Battlefield (wooden) cross
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Wooden Battlefield cross with 2 original GRU tags. See also WMO/274720 for the adjacent gravestone addition. Gilbert was a gamekeeper at Milton Park, Dalry when he enlisted in June 1916 in the 1st KOSB. He was gassed near Arras in August 1917 and evacuated to hospital in Newcastle. When he returned to France he was posted to the 7th /8th Battalion. Born 1886 in Glenlee, Kells. Son of George and Janet (Houston) Anderson. Husband of Maggie Jane (Dickson) of High Street, New Galloway, Kells who he married in 1913 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. Killed in Action on 1 August 1918. Updated on 6 November 2017- The dimensions of the cross are as follows Shaft height (to insertion in the ground) 902mm Cross Beam Width 409mm Width of Wood 69mm Depth of wood 21mm Finish-bare wood Condition-as expected given its age and exposed situation. Some cracking in the wood, lichen growth. Dowel pegs attaching cross beam seem to be tight though. The cross appears to have deteriorated somewhat since 2007. Certainly one of the cracks in the shaft appears to be slightly wider and there appears to be more lichen(?) growth on the wood. However it was a lousy day-cold, dark and wet and I suspect under better conditions the cross may have looked quite different.
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Top Tag-25032 PTE G ANDERSON; Bottom Tag-7/8 KOSB

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