Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Wigtown
- Town
- Bargrennan
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77910
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Current location
Bargrennan Parish Church
off the A714
Bargrennan
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG8 6RN
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 34880 76602
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …../ALSO PRIVATE ROBERT MELROSE M.M./1ST SCOTS GUARDS, FIFTH SON OF THE/ABOVE, KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,/20TH SEPT 1916, AGED 23 YEARS/…..
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Melrose, Robert
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, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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