Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Annan
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77161
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Current location
Annan Cemetery
road from Annan to Brydekirk approx 1.5 miles north of Annan
Annan
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG12 5RB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 19895 68049
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone which is a cross on a shaped base. There is an engraved wreath at the centre of the cross piece, and the base is inscribed with crossed rifles, with a crown and the word Infantry, on a maple leaf
- Inscription
- PTE P ALEX PEATTIE/D.C.C.I CANADIANS/WHO FELL MORTALLY/WOUNDED/AT ARMENTIERES/FRANCE 24 FEB 1915/AGED 26 YEARS/THE FIRST CANADIAN/VOLUNTEER KILLED/GEORGE R PEATTIE/HIS BROTHER/1ST CANADIANS/WHO FELL AT/THE CROSSING OF THE/[unreadable]/28 SEP 1918/IN HIS 24TH YEAR/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Peattie, George R
Peattie, P Alex
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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