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IanA
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 949
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: Charteris brothers - Aberlady |
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A handsomely carved oak plaque to Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho, who was killed in the Sinai desert in 1916 and his brother, Ivo Alan Charteris, killed near Loos, 1915.
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Adam Brown Curator
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Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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The current Earl of Wemyss and March was on "Antiques Roadshow" this evening showing a private memorial for Ivo Charteris. It is held at the family's English property - Stanway House in Gloucestershire.
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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:21 am Post subject: Charteris brothers |
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Adam , saw that tv programme :
Casualty : CWGC:
Charteris , The Hon Yvo Alan
2nd Lieutenant
Grenadier Guards
1st Bn ( Special Reserve)
age 19
death 17 Oct 1915
son of 11th Earl of Wemyss & Countess of Wemyss of 62 Cadogan Sq London , His BROTHER , LORD ELCHO also fell
Grave L 10
Sailly- Labourse communal cemetery
- Book " No Quarter Given ; Muster roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's army 1745 -1746
page 50-54
Cavalry - The lifeguards ( Elcho's & Balmerino's ) and Elcho's Troops : Colonel was
Wemyss, Colonel David, Lord Elcho : Escaped
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Adam Brown Curator
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Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Interesting that the CWGC uses Yvo but the family use Ivo. Here's his brother
CHARTERIS, Lord HUGO FRANCIS
Initials: H F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Age: 32
Date of Death: 23/04/1916
Additional information: Son of the 11th Earl and Countess of Wemyss, of Gosford, Aberlady, Edinburgh; husband of Lady Elcho (nee Lady Violet Catherine Manners (now Lady Violet Benson), of 32, Montagu Square, London, W. His brother, Yvo Alan Charteris also fell.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
Memorial: JERUSALEM MEMORIAL |
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