Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Western Islands
- Town
- 1 1/2 miles west of Timsgarry (Timsgearraidh)- Isle of Lewis
- County
- Western Isles
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82849
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Current location
Ardroil Cemetery
on minor road off B8011 to Mangurstadh & Breanais
to the north of this road
200 metres west of the road to the campsite
1 1/2 miles west of Timsgarry (Timsgearraidh)- Isle of Lewis
Western Islands
Western Isles
HS2 9EU
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NB 04312 32342
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a column surmounted by an urn.
- Inscription
- .…/ALSO THEIR SONS/DONALD [NICOLSON]/DIED IN ETAPLES MILITARY/HOSPITAL, FRANCE/7TH AUG 1917,/AGED 20 YEARS/MURDO,/DROWNED IN/IOLAIRE DISASTER/1 JAN 1919, AGED 21 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Nicolson, Donald
Nicolson, Murdo
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Column
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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