James Fleming
Location: The Royal Scots Museum, The Castle, Edinburgh EH1 2YT Weblink
Details on Cross:
Top of upright GRU Tag, text unreadable on photo.
351337 L/CPL. J. FLEMING
11TH R.S.
14-10-18
Text: GRU Tags
Displayed cross in a museum environment.
No details or measurements. The cross appears from photographs to be a standard British Army Cross in good condition.
From CWGC
FLEMING, JAMES
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 351337
Date of Death: 14/10/1918
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 11th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. E. 38.
Cemetery: DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Jane Fleming, of 31, Nelson St., Edinburgh.
Photos courtesy of David McNay.
I believe I have an embroidery worked by this soldier while he was in hospital having been wounded during WW1. The provenance on the back corresponds with these details. The embroidery is of the Royal Scots regimental badge.