
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
- 79230
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Current location
At the top of the "Fairy Hill" this gravestone is in the section to the right looking towards the Kessock Bridge.
Tomnahurich Cemetery
Bruce Gardens
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5ER
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NH 65542 44459
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to upright dark grey granite family gravestone on a granite base. The top is semi circular and in the centre of the dressed face is a dove carrying a laurel leaf. The lettering is incised in white.
- Inscription
- …./ALEXANDER WILLIAM [GRANT],/CORPL., 1ST BLACK WATCH/ DIED OF WOUNDS 22 NOV 1917,/ INTERRED IN MILITARY CEMETERY, /LYSSENYHOCK, YPRES, FRANCE. /GAVIN LANG/ PTE 1ST GORDON HIGHLANDERS/DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE/27 SEP 1918 AGED 34 YEARS/INTERRED AT LOURIE, NEAR CAMBRAI/….
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Grant, Alexander William
Grant, Gavin Lang
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, manner of death, date of death, age, place of burial
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
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