Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Inverness
Town
Ballaggan/Brackley
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64810

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Current location

Off the B9006
North of A96
Brachlich-Gollanfield Cemetery
Old Military Road
off the B9006 just south of the railway bridge
about 2 miles south of Ardersier
Ballaggan/Brackley
Inverness
Highland
IV2 7QT
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 79611 52850
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
White marble headstone surmounting a two stepped base and a stone footing. A relief carving of flowers adorns the apex of the headstone.
Inscription
IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ JESSIE MCKAY,/ BELOVED WIFE OF COLIN CAMERON,/ POINTSMAN, FORT-GEORGE STATION,/ WHO DIED AT THE ROYAL INFIRMARY ABERDEEN/ 22ND MARCH 1897, AGED 39 YEARS;/ ALSO THEIR SON KENNETH CAMERON,/ 13TH S.H. BATT BLACK WATCH,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT MORMAL FOREST/ 4 NOV 1918, AGED 35 YEARS;/ AND THE SAID COLIN CAMERON,/ DIED 20TH MAY 1927, AGED 80 YEARS;/ ALSO HIS SON-IN-LAW/ RALPH ORMISTON RAE,/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF JEAN CAMERON,/ DIED AT HAWTHORNDENE, INVERNESS/ 31 JANUARY 1931, AGED 52 YEARS;/ AND THE SAID/ JEAN CAMERON,/ DIED AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN INFIRMARY, INVERNESS/ 5 JULY 1967, AGED 79 YEARS./ ERECTED BY HUSBAND AND FAMILY.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Cameron, Kenneth
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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: surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, age of death, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone, Marble - White
Condition
Costs

Comments: Paid for by family, father and sibling.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Monumental Inscriptions Brachlich Cemetery Gollanfield by Angus Bethune & John Durham 10 July 2003 Published:Highland Family History Society 2003, July 10th

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