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
79286

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Current location

Tomnahurich Cemetery
Bruce Gardens
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5ER
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 65458 4428
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition, to the base of, the family gravestone Upright grey granite with decorative shouldered top on granite footing. White incised lettering
Inscription
…../AND OF THEIR GRAND-NEPHEW/DONALD ROBERTSON MACRITCHIE, 7th AR. & SUTH. HIGHLANDERS/YOUNGER SON OF JAMES MACRITCHIE, SOLICITOR, INVERNESS/WHO FELL IN ACTION AT ROEBECQ, FRANCE, ON THE 22nd APRIL 1918,/AGED 18 YEARS, AND IS INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY AT LILLERS/"But now a better country, that is an heavenly."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Macritchie, Donald Robertson
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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, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Black
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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