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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
89182

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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

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Description
Addition to family gravestone
Inscription
In/Loving Memory of/PTE WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, 7TH R.S./ONLY BELOVED SON OF/JOHN AND ISABELLA WILLIAMSON/KILLED IN THE TROOP TRAIN DISASTER/NEAR GRETNA/22ND MAY 1915 AGED 19 YEARS/INTERRED IN ROSEBANK CEMETERY/NOT IN THE CLANG OF BATTLE NOR IN/THE GLORIOUS CHARGE,/HE FELL ANIOTHER HERO, OF NOBLE HEART/AND LARGE./BUT IN AN HOUR UNTHOUGHT OF THE/DEADLY BLOW WAS GIVEN/THAT TOOK HIM FROM THE CONFLICT/OF EARTH, RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN/…...
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Williamson, William
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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, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5210&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75&mforum=warmemscot (see the second post timed at 2245 for images)

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