Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Roxburgh
Town
Kelso
County
Borders
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
81057

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Current location

Old Parish Church
The Butts
Kelso
Roxburgh
Borders
TD5 7BA
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 72939 33926
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Pedimented Marble Tablet
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/JAMES HENRY SCOTT DOUGLAS/YOUNGER OF SPRINGWOOD PARK/LIEUTENANT/2ND BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS/BORN 27TH AMY 1853/KILLED 3RD JULY 1879 AT KMAMAGWANA/WHEN ON SPECIAL DUTY DURING/THE ZULU WAR/THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM/BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO/DIE IS GAIN
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Douglas, James Henry Scott
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Commemorations
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, date of birth
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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