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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Gordon
- Town
- Auchindoir
- County
- Grampian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57098
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Current location
St Mary's Kirk (Redundant)
B9002
Auchindoir
Gordon
Grampian
AB54 4JB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NJ 48311 24603
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated nowy headed stone tablet with a broad raised border. Inscription in leaded lettering.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ WILLIAM ESSON MARTIN/ MIDSHIPMAN/ BORN AT EDINBANCHORY IN THIS PARISH/ 11TH APRIL 1902,/ KILLED 10TH MARCH 1917/ IN THE ACTION BETWEEN THE S.S. "OTAKI"/ AND THE GERMAN RAIDER "MOEWE."/ THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS/ WILLIAM & MARGARET MARTIN.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Martin, William Essson
See details - Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, manner of death, date of death, place of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth c50mm, height c850mm, width c620mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- This England Magazine Spring 2015 pages 40-41
- Western Front Association Bulletin by Western Front Association Bulletin 67 October 2003
- CWGC Entry-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3060590/MARTIN, W E
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