Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- East Lothian
- Town
- Inveresk
- County
- Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89173
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Current location
Inveresk Parish Church
Inveresk
East Lothian
Lothian
EH21 7UA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NT 34432 72069
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- .…./THEIR DEAR SON/LEADING AIR MECHANIC/WALTER FAIRNIE D.S.M./ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE/LOST AT SEA 28TH OCT. 1917/AGED 20 YEARS/….
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Fairnie, Walter
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, service, manner of death, date of death, age, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5210&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30&mforum=warmemscot (see post timed at 2214 on 1 January 2010 for images)
- DSM received for services on patrol duties and submarine searching in home waters, in London Gazette 01/10/1917, page 10155.
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