Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78244
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Current location
Troqueer New Burial Ground
Troqueer Road
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 7DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 97433 75080
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …./ALSO GEORGE, THEIR SON PVT 1.5TH K.O.S.B./DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/IN EGYPT 13TH NOVR 1917, AGED 21 YEARS/INTERRED THERE IN KANTARA CEMETERY/ ALSO SAPPER JOHN WALLACE R.E., THIRD/SON OF THE ABOVE & BELOVED HUSBAND OF/EUPHEMIA S. COULTAHRT, WHO WAS KILLED/IN ACTION IN FRANCE, 5TH AUGT. 1918, AGED 20 YEARS/INTERRED IN BRITISH CEMETERY, BUIRE-SUR ANCRE, ALBERT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wallace, George
Wallace, John
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age, place of death, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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