Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Inverness
Town
Fort Augustus
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Colonial India, First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
69826

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Current location

Fort Augustus Parish Church
Fort William Road
Fort Augustus
Inverness
Highland
PH32 4BG
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 37718 09026
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Rectangular white marble tablet with moulded frame. Lettering is raised in black.
Inscription
GLORY TO GOD/ IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN DAVID FRASER/ 1ST CAMERONIANS/ AND/ CAPTAIN D'ARCY FRASER/ INDIAN ARMY/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN INDIA AND GALLIPOLI 1912 AND 1915/ ONLY SONS OF/ LIEUT GENERAL HASTINGS FRASER C.B./ OF ARDACHIE/ AND CHARLOTTE HASTINGS FRASER/ SEMPITERNUS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Fraser, D'arcy
Fraser, David
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, place of death, year of death, relationship
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, place of death, year of death, relationship
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7189&mforum=warmemscot
  • The Times Thursday 7 Aug 1919 In Memoriam FRASER In most loving memory of CAPTAIN DAVID PASLEY FRASER (1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and of his brother, CAPTAIN D'ARCY MACKENZIE FRASER, Indian Army, India and Gallipoli, the only sons of the late Lieut-General Hastings Fraser C.B., of Ardachie, Fort Augustus, N.B. and of Mrs Hastings Fraser, Hampton Court Palace
  • London Gazette issue 28679 Page 196 - 7 January 1913-Captain DAVID PASLEY FRASER, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims and demands against the estate of David Pasley Fraser, late of the United Service Club, 116, Pall Mall, in the county of Middlesex, Bachelor, Captain in 3rd Battalion Scottish Rifles, deceased (who died on the 17th day of January, 1912, at Madras, in the Empire of India, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of His Majesty's High Court of Justice, on the 21st day of December, 1912, by Charlotte Elizabeth Mackenzie Hastings' Fraser ..........
  • The Scotsman - Tuesday 24 August 1915 Image © Johnston Press plc INDIAN OFFICER KILLED www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19150824/232/0007
  • St. Andrews Citizen - Saturday 10 February 1912 Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. DEATH OF ST ANDREWS OFFICER IN INDIA www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000775/19120210/099/0004

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