Lieutenant The Hon Alistair Robert Hervey Erskine MC Military Cross

Service Number 247095


Campaign:

World War 2


Died:

22.4.1945

2SG
Aged 22
Buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. 4, D, 13
Awarded MC in Italian campaign
Son of John Francis Ashley, Lord Erskine, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., and of Lady Marjorie Erskine (nee Hervey), Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
Scotland At the corner of Church Street and Bedford Place. Bedford Place Alloa Clackmannan Central FK10 1HH Alloa War Memorial World War 1
World War 2
Alastair Erskine 22-4-1945 View

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