Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Rigg, near Gretna
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59032
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Current location
9th row from west boundary wall
11th stone from road
Rigg Cemetery
B721
the old A75
Rigg
near Gretna
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG16 5EY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 30056 67235
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- IN/LOVING MEMORY OF/PRIVATE EDWARD MCMURRAY/WHO DIED IN FRANCE FROM WOUNDS/RECEIVED IN ACTION/26TH OCT 1917, AGED 26 YEARS/...../ALSO PTE SAMUEL MCCARL/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/26TH SEPT 1915 AGED 22 YEARS/ALSO PTE WILLIAM MCCARL/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/27TH AUGT 1917 AGED 22 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mccarl, Samuel
Mccarl, William
Mcmurray, Edward
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, manne of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC Entry for Edward McMurray-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/84294/McMURRAY, EDWARD
- CWGC Entry for William McCarl-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/491794/McCARL, W
- CWGC Entry for Samuel McCarl-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/734702/McCARL, SAMUEL
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