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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
78282

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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

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Description
Addition to family gravestone
Inscription
…./CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY WALLACE/ALSO FRANCIS JAMES, THEIR SON,/6TH K.O.S.B. WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/BETWEEN 21ST & 24TH MARCH 1918/AGED 32 YEARS/INTERRED NEAR COMBLES, FRANCE/ ALSO PTE SAMUEL BORTHWICK/11TH SCOTTISH RIFLES, HUSBAND OF/ISABELLA WALLACE & SON IN LAW OF/THE ABOVE SAMUEL & MARY WALLACE.WHO DIED AT SALONIKA 25TH JUNE 1916/AGED 37 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Borthwick, Samuel
Wallace, Francis James
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, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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