Captain J E Crombie

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: City Of Aberdeen
Town: Old Aberdeen
County: Grampian
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 5849

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Current location

St Machar Cathedral
The Chanonry
Old Aberdeen
City Of Aberdeen
Grampian
AB24 1RQ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 93906 08781
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

CREST OF GORDON HIGHLANDERS AND FAMILY

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ JOHN EUGENE CROMBIE/ CAPTAIN 4TH BATT. GORDON HIGHLANDERS/ DEAR ONLY SON OF/ JOHN WILLIAM CROMBIE MP AND MINNA HIS WIFE/ BORN 30TH APRIL 1896. HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL/ IN AUGUST 1914. AND DIED ON 23. APRIL 1917 OF WOUNDS/ RECIEVED THE SAME DAY IN ACTION AT ROEUX./ HIS BODY LIES BURIED AT AGNEZ-LES-DUISANS NEAR ARRAS IN FRANCE; HIS SPIRIT HAS RETURNED UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT; AND HIS MEMORY LIES ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ "TOOK HIS FILL OF MUSIC, JOY OF THOUGHT AND SEEING/ CAME, AND STAYED, AND WENT, NOR EVER CEASED TO SMILE"/ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY HIS MOTHER & FENELLA HIS ONLY SISTER

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Crombie, John Eugene
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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: rank, surname, date of death, date of birth, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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