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
79527

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Current location

Tomnahurich Cemetery
Bruce Gardens
Inverness
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5ER
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 65542 44459
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Black granite headstone on top of a light grey roughcast granite plinth. The plinth is a substantial granite block which still has the quarrying drilling holes on its face. The headstone is polished on the front with a floral design on the top two corners. The inscriptions are engraved into the stone and painted gold although the older inscriptions have lost their paint.
Inscription
In Loving Memory / OF OUR FATHER / JOHN MACRAE, / DIED 8TH JANUARY 1932. / OUR MOTHER / ELIZABETH DUNCAN, / DIED 14TH DECEMBER 1943. / THEIR SONS / JAMES [MACRAE], KILLED IN ACTION / ON THE SOMME, 18TH OCTOBER 1916. / RODERICK, DIED 12TH OCTOBER 1928 / AND THEIR DAUGHTERS / JESSIE, DIED 4TH MARCH 1957. / MARY, DIED 11TH DECEMBER 1969.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Macrae, James
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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, forename, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference

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