Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Hamilton
- Town
- Blantyre
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89376
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Current location
High Blantyre Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Blantyre
Hamilton
Strathclyde
G72 0HA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to gravestone, with pinned lead lettering most of which is missing, but it recites that John Denholm Maxwell is the son of A B Maxwell and Janet Strachan. It also states he died while a prisoner at Hamelin Hospital and was initially buried there before being reinterred.
- Inscription
- .…/JOHN DENHOLM [MAXELL]/DIED OF WOUNDS 1ST JUNE 1918 WHILE PRISONER OF WAR IN HAMELIN HOSPITAL/BURIED THERE AND NOW RE-INTERRED/BRITISH SOLDIERS CEMETERY NIEUWERZWEREN CASSEL GERMANY AGED 27 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Maxwell, John Denholm
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, forenames, manner of death, date of death, age, relationships, original and final places of burial
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead
- Gravestone
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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