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
79447

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Current location

At Glenurquhart road end of cemetery.
Tomnahurich Cemetery
Bruce Gardens
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5ER
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 65542 44459
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Addition to upright, black granite, family gravestone on a large rough granite footer. The top is curved and the letters "McD" incised in white in the centre of the face of the top. The lettering is incised in white. The Council have marked the gravestone as "At Risk." ( Dec 2022)
Inscription
…./AND HIS SONS/WILLIAM HUGH [McDiarmid] /KILLED IN FRANCE, ON THE 16TH APRIL 1915,/AGED 24 YEARS/ALSO ALEXANDER [McDiarmid],/WHO WENT MISSING AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS/25TH SEPT 1915, AGED 22 YEARS/….
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Mcdiarmid, Alexander
Mcdiarmid, William Hugh
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, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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