Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Eastriggs
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71683
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Current location
north side of cemetery
11th row in
3rd stone from the central path
Eastriggs Cemetery
unnamed minor road from Eastriggs Post Office to A75
Eastriggs
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG12 6TR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 23995 66643
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- ...AND SON JAMES [COWAN] WHO DIED/IN POW CAMP FORMOSA/2ND FEB 1943/AGED 24 YEARS...
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cowan, James
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, place of death, date of death, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 125mm, height 940mm, width 500mm
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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