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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Inverness
Town
Inverness
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
44520

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Current location

St Andrew's Cathedral
Ardross Street
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5NN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 66426 44895
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description
A plain rectangular white marble tablet mounted onto a grey marble backboard. The inscription is written in black lettering in the centre underneath a carved regimental crest.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR & HON. LIEUT-COLONEL/ ARTHUR BAIRD DOUGLAS,/ 3RD BATT./ QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,/ WHO FELL IN ACTION/ AT ROODEVAL, S. AFRICA, JUNE 7, 1900/ AGED 45 YEARS./ THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED/ IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ A BRAVE SOLDIER/ AND A GOOD COMRADE/ BY/ HIS BROTHER OFFICERS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Douglas, Arthur Baird (hon.)
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Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death, manner of death, age of death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 600mm, width 450mm
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 286 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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