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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Dundee
Town
Dundee
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 January 1920
    Attended by: Lieutenants R Lemen and W Goodfellow of the 13th (Wallacetown) Company of the Boy's Brigade
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85696

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Current location

73
Trinity Parish Church- formerly Wallacetown Parish Church
Crescent Street
Dundee
Dundee
Tayside
DD4 6DT
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 40867 30908
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Brass Plaque, on a marble tablet "of chaste design"
Inscription
TO/THE GLORY OF GOD/AND/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF/JOHN CRIGHTON/LIEUTENANT/9TH BN. THE BLACK WATCH/(ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)/KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS/ON 25TH SEPT. 1915./AGED 23/"I THANK GOD FOR EVERY/REMEMBRANCE OF HIM"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Crighton, John
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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 death, date of death, mannner of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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