Memorial

Second Lieutenant W Maxwell

Memorial

Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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Current Location

Buittle Parish Church (Closed), minor road off A745, Buittle, near Dalbeattie, Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 1NP, Scotland

NX 80810 59892

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 44362
Description: Rectangular brass plaque with incised inscription in black lettering. Laurel wreaths depicted equidistantly around the border
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ WELLWOOD MAXWELL/ 2ND LIEUT. 20TH LONDON REGIMENT ELDEST/ SON OF WELLWOOD MAXWELL OF KIRKENNAN/ WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN THE/ BATTLE OF THE SOMME ON 16TH SEPTEMBER/ 1916, AGED 26 YEARS./ HIS COLONEL WROTE OF HIM, "THE UNIT HAS LOST/ THE SERVICES OF A VERY GALLANT OFFICER."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age,relationships,additional

Maintenance History: The Church closed after a final service on 11th July 2010. It was sold for conversion to a private house in April 2017. The Kirk Session plan to install all the memorials in the former, ruined Church which is adjacent. Until then they are secure inside the dis-used church.

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good