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
- 78280
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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
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ROBERT TOWNSEND D.C.M./CO. S.M. 1.5 K.O.S.B./WHO DIED AT CAIRO 21ST NOV 1917,/FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/AGED 28 YEARS/….
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Townsend, 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
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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