Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Moray
Town
Edinkillie
County
Grampian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82898

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Current location

Edinkillie Parish Churchyard
A940
Edinkillie
Moray
Grampian
IV36 2QH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 01990 46579
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Addition to family gravestone, a Celtic Cross on a plinth bearing engraved inscription
Inscription
Top Front: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN CALDER, FARMER, PRESLEY / WHO DIED 27th JUNE 1875 AGED 73 YEARS / AND HIS WIFE ANN CUMMING / DIED 11th FEBRUARY 1889 AGED 64 YEARS / ALSO THIER SONS / JOHN CALDER DIED 31st JAN. 1885 AGED 34 YEARS / ROBERT CALDER M.B.C.M., GOVERNMENT MEDICAL OFFICER, FIJI / DIED AT KURRAGONG N.S.W. 29th JULY 1889 AGED 36 YEARS. Bottom Front: ISABELLA MOIR, WIFE OF GEORGE M. CALDER / PRESLEY, DIED 21st MARCH 1921, AGED 66 YEARS. / MARION CALDER, DIED 5th JANY. 1890, AGED 7 MONTHS. / GEORGE McBEATH CALDER, FARMER, PRESLEY / DIED 6th MAY 1934 AGED 78 YEARS./ Reverse: IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE MacBETH CALDER M.A. / LIEUT. 8th BATTN. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / BORN AT PRESLEY 29th MAY 1891 / FELL AT LOOS 25th SEPT. 1915.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Calder, George Macbeth
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, place of birth, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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