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
- 69502
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Current location
Beside the roadside boundary wall
east side
10th gravestone from gates
Rigg Cemetery
B721
the old A75
Rigg
near Gretna
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG16 5EY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 30056 77235
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/PTE JOHN PHILLIPS (1ST KOSB) BELOVED SON OF/THE LATE JAMES PHILLIPS, CRECA/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN/FRANCE/10 JULY 1915 IN HIS 35TH YEAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Phillips, John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, regiment, rank, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 130mm, height 1400mm, width 710mm
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC Entry-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1624137/PHILLIPS, JOHN
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