Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Wight
Town
Totland
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40900

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Current location

CHRIST CHURCH
Totland
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 320 860
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
PALE BROWN AND DARK BROWN MARBLE TABLET. INLAID BORDER OF BLUE AND GREEN MARBLE CREST ON THE TABLET
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MAJOR ARCHIBALD BRUCE AITKEN M.C., R.E.,/ BORN AT TOTLAND BAY./ KILLED NEAR BAGHDAD AUGUST 4TH 1919./ AND BURIED THERE AGED 26 YEARS./ GREATLY GIFTED AND BELOVED./ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aitken, Archibald Bruce
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,additional,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • METOT001

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