Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Argyll And Bute
- Town
- Oban
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 79710
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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
- Stone of remembrance, which is a white marble, Latin cross on tapered plinth with a sculpted garland wrapped around the cross and a sculpted Lee Enfield Rifle, in relief, on the lower shaft of the cross. Lettering is raised lead.
- Inscription
- In memory of/ROBERT FORBES/AGED 20 YEARS/WHO FELL AT LOOS 25TH SEP. 1915/AND/DAVID MENZIES FORBES/AGED 19 YEARS/MISSING AFTER ACTION/AT NEUVE EGLISE APR 14, 1918/…..
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Forbes, David Menzies
Forbes, Robert
See details for all 2 names - 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, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 180, height 1850, width 560
Materials: Marble - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Cross
- Condition
- History
- 2009-Slight damage to the rifle
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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