Captain James Robert Caird

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Reference WMO/274838

Address:

Kirkmabreck Parish Church

Kirk Brae

Creetown

DG8 7JE

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Brass Plaque on wooden backboard. Son of Major Lindsay Henryson Caird (late Border Regt.), Infantry Record Office, Hamilton, and the late Janet Laura Caird. A member of the Inns of Court O.T.C. when war broke out. Obtained commission in 3rd King's Own Scottish Borderers, 15th Aug., 1914. served with 2nd Bn. Highland Light Inf. in front of Ypres, Nov. 1914, to March, 1915. Captain Caird is also named on Hamilton war Memorial (WMO/258347) and on the St Mary's Episcopal Church, Hamilton Memorial (WMO/274845)
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TO THE MEMORY OF/CAPTAIN JAMES/ROBERT CAIRD/3RD KOSB/WHO WAS KILLED WHILE/FIGHTING NOBLY FOR HIS/COUNTRY NEAR YPRES/APRIL 23RD 1915 AGED 22/HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF/MAJOR LINDSAY HENRYSON/CAIRD AND GRANDSON OF/SIR JAMES CAIRD KCB/OF CASSENCARY/ENDURE HARDINESS AS A GOOD/SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST

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