Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dunfermline
Town
Dunfermline
County
Fife
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85311

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Current location

Dunfermline Abbey
St Margaret's Street
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7PE
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 08980 87310
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Plain stone tablet with black incised lettering. See also our reference 85310 for the window for him.
Inscription
.../Wedderburn Conway Halkett/Captain 79th Cameron Highlanders/only son of Sir Arthur Halkett Bart./born Feb 1st 1857 died at/Woolstone Hants Aug 23rd 1885/of illness contracted while /serving on the Nile Expedition/…..
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Halkett, Wedderburn Conway
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Commemorations
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of birth, date of death, place of death, manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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