Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Dumbarton
- Town
- Helensburgh
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82556
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Current location
Helensburgh Cemetery
Old Luss Road
Helensburgh
Dumbarton
Strathclyde
G84 7ED
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NS 30905 82099
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a Celtic cross on tapered plinth which bears the inscription
- Inscription
- .…/AND OF/WILLIAM HAMILTON CAMPBELL KIDSTON/CAPTAIN 9TH A & S HIGHLANDERS/DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE/ON 8TH AUGUST 1917, AGED 38/BURIED AT ETAPLES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kidston, William Hamilton Campbell
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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