Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Moray
Town
Birnie
County
Grampian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Mr James Taggart, Great Western Road, (Glasgow?) (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78571

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Current location

Inside church
Birnie Parish Church
Birnie
Moray
Grampian
IV30 8SU
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 20646 58718
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
White marble tablet with black background. On wall of the church at the rear.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT GEORGE DUFF GORDON / THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT / KILLED IN ACTION AT NEUVE CHAPELLE, FRANCE / 12TH MARCH 1915 AGED 20. / ONLY SON OF R. B. GORDON, ELGIN; AND GRANDSON OF / THE LATE REV. GEO. GORDON, LL.D. MINISTER OF BIRNIE.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Gordon, George Duff
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    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
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Moray SMR - NJ25NW0057 - BIRNIE CHURCH online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?tab=main&refno=NJ25NW0057
  • Granite Chips. MEMORIALS TO FALLEN HEROES. James Taggart, Great Western Road, …… Mr Taggart has a marble tablet with black background ready for dispatch to Elgin, in memory of Lieutenant George Duff Gordon, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action Neuve Chapelle. Aberdeen Evening Express - Monday 11 October 1915
  • THE STRICKEN BRAVE Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 25 March 1915

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