Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Western Islands
- Town
- Gress, 9 miles north of Stornoway
- County
- Western Isles
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82586
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Current location
Gress Cemetery
B956
Gress
9 miles north of Stornoway
Western Islands
Western Isles
HS2 0NB
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NB 49100 41594
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a tall tapering pillar on a pedimented pedestal on which the dedication is inscribed
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY/A GRIEVING WIDOW/HENRIETTA THOMSON/IN SACRED AND/LOVING MEMORY OF/HER... HUSBAND/JOHN THOMSON/WHO WAS DROWNED WHILE/ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN/THE MEDITTERNAEAN SEA 22ND FEBY 1917/AGED 37 YEARS/...
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Thomson, John
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, forename, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Pillar
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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