Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Wigtown
- Town
- Wigtown
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 76949
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Current location
Parish Church
Church Lane
Wigtown
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 9HU
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 43583 55528
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …../ALSO THEIR ELDER SON JOHN [BLACK]/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/23RD AUG 1918 AGED 23/AND BURIED AT THE MILITARY/CEMETERY AT BAC DU SUD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Black, 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, date of death, manner of death, age, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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