M Cook (WW1) and his son L Cook (WW2)

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Addition to gravestone
District: Wigtown
Town: Stranraer
County: Dumfries And Galloway
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 78084

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Current location

Glebe Cemetery
Moorefield
Stranraer
Wigtown
Dumfries And Galloway
DG9 7ND
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NX 05262 60504
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Addition to family gravestone

Inscription

ERECTED BY CATHERINE MCGEOCH/IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER/JOHN MCGEOCH/DIED NOV 16TH 1918 AGED 56/AND HER HUSBAND/MATTHEW COOK/KILLED IN ACTION 12TH JULY 1915/ALSO HER SON TERENCE/DIED 24TH NOV 1922 AGED 9/ALSO HER SON LEONARD/KILLED IN ACTION IN BURMA/25TH MAY 1944 AGED 25/ALSO THE ABOVE/CATHERINE MCGEOCH/DIED 14TH NOV 1947 AGED 66

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Cook, Leonard
Cook, Matthew
See details for all 2 names

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, manner of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, manner of death, date of death, place of death, age
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

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