Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Wigtown
Town
Glasserton
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Somaliland Campaign (1900-1920), Ashanti Wars (1823-1900), Colonial India, Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
72045

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Current location

Glasserton Church
minor road from the A746/A747 junction
Glasserton
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 8LY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 42129 38084
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Marble Tablet
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/JAMES JOHNSTON STEWART, CAPTAIN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/BORN APRIL 1ST 1871/KILLED IN ACTION AT CUMBURRU, SOMALILAND APRIL 17TH 1903/WHEN SERVING IN THE 2ND BATT KINGS AFRICAN RIFLES/HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER OF INDIA CAMPAIGN 189?/IN THE ASHANTI CAMPAIGN 1900 AND IN TYHE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1901-2/WAS FOUR TIMES MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AND RECEIVED MEDALS WITH CLASPS/DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI/AND THUS THIS MAN DIED LEAVING HIS DEATH FOR AN EXAMPLE OF A NOBLE COURAGE/AND A MEMORIAL OF VIRTUE NOT ONLY UNTO YOUNG MEN BUT UNTO ALL HIS NAMES/"I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Stewart, James Johnston
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Commemorations
  • Somaliland Campaign (1900-1920)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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