Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78252
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Current location
Troqueer New Burial Ground
Troqueer Road
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG2 7DF
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 97433 75080
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone- the inscription to John Alexander Kirk is below modern ground level
- Inscription
- …../ALSO LANCE CORPORAL W. I. KIRK/SON OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS KILLED/IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS/ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 1915/AGED 18 YEARS/…..
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Kirk, J A
Kirk, W I
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, initials of forenames, manner of death, place of death, date of death, relationships, age, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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