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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Annandale And Eskdale
- Town
- Lockerbie
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77554
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Current location
Dryfesdale Cemetery
Dumfries Road
Lockerbie
Annandale And Eskdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG11 1HZ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NY 12241 81232
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …../PTE WILLIAM JOHN CURRIE/THEIR YOUNGEST SON & BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ELLA MCMURDO OF DOUGLASHALL/WHO DIED 23RD SEPT 1944, AGED 25 YEARS/THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, WHILE/SERVING WITH THE R.L.A. & IS INTERRED/IN NIJMEGEN CEMETERY, HOLLAND/…./ALSO ELLA MCMURDO/WHO DIED 13TH JUNE 2006/AGED 89 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Currie, William John
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, relationships, rank, manner of death, date of death, age, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Private William John Currie
- WMO ID: 181982
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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