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)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72763
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Current location
South wall
14th gravestone from the entrance
Eastriggs Cemetery
unnamed minor road from Eastriggs Post Office to A75
Eastriggs
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG12 6JR
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 23995 66643
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- ... ALSO OF/2ND LT WILLIAM JOHN THOMSON [IRVING] 76TH RA/THEIR ELDER SON/WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/10TH JUNE 1940 AGED 24 YEARS...
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Irving, William John Thomson
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Polished
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC Entry-www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2953003/IRVING, WILLIAM JOHN THOMSON
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