Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Nithsdale
Town
Parkgate
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44335

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Current location

Kirkmichael Parish Church
on minor road
about 1 mile west of the A701
Parkgate
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 3LY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NY 00489 88355
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
NOWY HEADED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. BADGE OF THE KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ SAMUEL FARISH, LIEUT 1ST. BATT. K.OS.B.,/ ONLY SON OF/ SANUEL THOMAS FARISH, OF TODHILLMUIR,/ BORN AT KIRKLANDS, KIRKMICHAEL, 27TH MAY 1895,/ ENLISTED 4TH AUGUST 1914,/ WOUNDED AT TARTALI, SERBIA, 8TH DECR. 1915 & AT YPRES, 21ST AUGT. 1916,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT MONCHY-LE-PREUX, ARRAS, FRANCE, 24TH APRIL 1917./ HE LIVED IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Farish, Samuel
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death, date of birth,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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