Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Western Islands
- Town
- Habost
- County
- Western Isles
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82761
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Current location
Ness New Cemetery
about a mile along a track off the A857 into the Machair
signposted 'Cladh Nis' at the folk Museum
Habost
Western Islands
Western Isles
HS2 0BJ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NB 51178 64044
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- .…/ALSO HIS SON/ALEXANDER SMITH/LOST WITH H.M.S. LIVELY/10TH MAY 1942/AGED 29 YEARS/…..
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smith, Alexander
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, forename, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, service
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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