
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Inverness
- Town
- Inverness
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 79207
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Current location
To the south of the cemetery opposite the major roundabout junction. The headstone is on a raised bank above the cemetery road at the base of the hill.
Tomnahurich Cemetery
Bruce Gardens
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5ER
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NH 65577 43949
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to upright, grey granite, family gravestone on a rough granite footer with a flower holder. The top is gently curved and the face decorated with a rose in the top of each corner. The lettering is incised in black.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF / EVELINE / FREEMAN SMITH / 3.2.1878 TO 24.10.1913 / BELOVED WIFE OF / JAMES BARRON JNR / OF THE INVERNESS COURIER / 29.1.1877 TO 27.9.1915 / DIED OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED / AT BATTLE OF LOOS / MAJOR 7TH QUEEN'S OWN / CAMERON HIGHLANDERS / PARENTS OF ISABELLA EVELINE MACLEOD / BARRON O.B.E. / OF THE INVERNESS COURIER / 26.9.1913 TO 14.12.1990.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barron, James
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, manner of death, place of death, date of death, date of birth, rank, regiment, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 100, height 1190, width 610
Materials: Granite
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC - www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/584870/james-barron/
- Find a Grave - www.findagrave.com/memorial/56068493/james-barron
- Major, James Barron, 7th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
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