
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Inverness
- Town
- Inverness
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 44523
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Current location
North Wall of the nave
St Andrew's Cathedral
Ardross Street
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5NB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NH 66428 44892
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal
- Description
- Plain Square White Marble Tablet on a grey marble pattress
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ JAMES DONALD DAVIDSON,/ PRIVATE 4TH BATTN. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS, (T)/ THE ONLY SON OF HIS PARENTS/ DONALD & EMILY DAVIDSON./ HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL/ AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT WAR/ AND FELL IN ACTION AT FESTUBERT, FRANCE, ON THE 18TH MAY 1915,/ IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ HE WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED IN THIS CHURCH/ AND USED TO WORSHIP NEAR THIS SPOT./ "WHOSOEVER LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE/ SHALL FIND IT."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davidson, James Donald
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age of death, relationships, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 750MM, width 750MM
Materials: Marble - Grey - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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