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Murrayfield Golf Club Roll of Honour
1914 - 1918
Roll of Honour
In Memoriam
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Miss Madge Neill Fraser 1st Serbia Unit S.W.H.
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The Scotsman, 7 March 1921, p9, reports on the unveiling ceremony,
Margaret Neill Fraser
Margaret Neill Fraser was one of five children of Patrick Neill Fraser, master letterpress printer, and Margaret Watson. The family lived at Rockville, Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh.
She was a member of Murrayfield Golf Club, and also played for Scotland. She was a semi-finalist in the 1912 British Championship.
Margaret Neill Fraser had some training in nursing and first aid. At the outbreak of the First World War she volunteered with the Scottish Women's Hospital. She went to the SWH run hospital in
Beatrix Potter Garden
Beatrix Potter Garden
Beatrix Potter spent childhood holidays in Dunkeld and her illustrated letters, written from Dunkeld, were the forerunners of her children's books.
Helen Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter's life story is well known. She was born and raised in London
For eleven years, when Beatrix was aged 5 to 15, her parents rented a house at Dalguise, by Dunkeld for the summer. Potter was inspired by the natural beauty of the area. It is believed that one of her best-known characters, Mrs Tiggywinkle, was based on a washerwoman at Dalguise, Kitty MacDonald.
CWGC gravestone of Margaret A Miller
2115296 A.C.W. 1st Class
M.A. Miller
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
30th May 1945
Margaret Agnes Miller
The daughter of James and Mary Miller, she was born at Millerston.
She worked as a bank clerk before joining the WAAF. She was an Aircraftwoman 1st Class.
She died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, aged 18, of a thyroid condition.
CWGC gravestone of Monica Grose
2066200 Corporal
M.N.J. Grose
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
9th September 1945 Aged 25
Of Chapel Amble
Wadebridge Cornwall
Mourned by all her comrades
Jesus mercy, Mary help
Monica Nancy Jane Grose
Monica Grose was the younger daughter of Ambrose W. Grose, and of Endeleine (Lena) H. Grose, of Chapel Amble, Cornwall. Her elder sister Theresa Mary died aged 3 in 1920.
Monica Grose was an equipment corporal in 70 Wing.
She died when the lorry in which she was travelling struck a wall. She was thrown out and died of a fractured skull.