Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Nithsdale
- Town
- Dumfries
- County
- Dumfries And Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78267
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Current location
High Cemetery
Craigs Road
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 4EX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 98076 75392
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is an intentionally flat slab.
- Inscription
- ….FRANCIS [MAXWELL] SERGEANT IN THE QUEENSLAND MTD INFANTRY/BORN 14TH DECEMBER 1870/KILLED IN ACTION AT HOMANS KRALL, S. AFRICA/17TH JULY 1900/WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A COMRADE/….
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Maxwell, Francis
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
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, date of birth
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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