Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Wigtown
Town
Whithorn
County
Dumfries And Galloway
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
77038

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Current location

Whithorn Cemetery
off the A746
Main Street
Whithorn
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 8PY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 44462 40357
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to family gravestone
Inscription
ALSO IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM FRANCIS GORDON / KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ZLOBANI (sic), SOUTH AFRICA 28TH MARCH 1879 AGED 28 YEARS
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Gordon, William Francis
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Commemorations
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, manner of death, date of death, age, place of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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