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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Dundee
Town
Dundee
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63329

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Current location

McManus Museum
Barrack Street
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD1 1PQ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 40090 30326
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Hardback bound Book of Remembrance. The monument on The Law referred to in the dedication is our reference 6021. There used to be a copy of this on pages on an oak stand- our reference 76445 but this was broken up in 2010.
Inscription
Front Cover-Dundee's/Roll of Honour/1914-1918 Page 1- The Roll/of Dundee Men/who fell in/The Great War 1914-1918/To whose memory/The Memorial on The Law/is dedicated
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, service number
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Condition
History
c2011: Extensive refurbishment of buildings completed. Memorial cannot be located.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2633&mforum=warmemscot
  • Archibald Ure Buchanan was born 3 Dec 1893 at 58 Seafield Road, Dundee. 2nd Lt. Buchanan, Archibald Ure, Att`d 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders d. 27 Sept 1915 from wounds received at Hooge on 25 Sept 1915. Son of Robert Buchanan and Elizabeth Dunlop Buchanan ms Gartshore, both of Kirkintilloch. Family residing in Birmingham, England from 1901 where Archibald joined Warwickshire Yeomanry in June 1914 and at outbreak of war joined 3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders. He was later attached to 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders. Commemorated on plaques at Olton, at St Margaret's Church and United Reformed Church. Archibald was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium in Plot 1; Row A; Grave 25 He is also listed in De Ruvigny`s Roll of Honour 1914-1919

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