Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Canonbie
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77395
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Current location
Canonbie Church
Church Drive
Canonbie
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG14 0UX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 39507 76329
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …./ALSO OUR SON/LBDR W.J.J. BYERS/WHO DIED P.O.W. CAMP IN/THAILAND, 5TH OCT 1943/SADLY MISSED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Byers, W J J
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, relationships, rank, place of death, manner of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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