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
- 78359
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Current location
St Michael's Cemetery
Aldermanhill Road
Dumfries
Nithsdale
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 2ER
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NX 98064 75631
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- …./WILLIAM JOHN, HIS ELDEST SON/SERGT 1.5TH K.O.S.B. WHO WAS KILLED/IN ACTION AT THE DARDANELLES/21ST JUNE 1915, AGED 26 YEARS/ FRANK THOMSON, HIS FOURTH SON/LAN-CORPL1.5TH K.O.S.B. WHO DIED AT/MALTA, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/AT THE DARDANELLES, 23RD JANY 1916/AGED 20 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Thomson, Frank
Thomson, Willlam John
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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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