Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Argyll And Bute
- Town
- Oban
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 79706
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Current location
Pennyfuir Cemetery
A85
Oban
Argyll And Bute
Strathclyde
PA34 5TX
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NM 86652 31553
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a tall grey granite, pedimented pillar
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ALEXANDER/WILLIAM LORNE CHALMERS/ROYAL NAVY/KILLED IN ACTION ON MAY 28TH 1944/AGED 19 YEARS/SON OF DR. W.K. CHALMERS AND/GRANDSON OF WILLIAM CHALMERS/ALTNACRAIG, OBAN/….
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Chalmers, Alexander William Lorne
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, service, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: depth 660, height 2740, width 660
Materials: Granite
- Pillar
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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