Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Motherwell
- Town
- Bellshill
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 89765
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Current location
Bothwell Park Cemetery
New Edinburgh Road
Bellshill
Motherwell
Strathclyde
ML4 3HH
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone- which is an obelisk surmounted by an urn
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY/JAMES & JANET AITKEN/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR SONS/ANDREW AITKEN/6TH SEAFORTHS/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/25TH MARCH 1918 AGED 24 YEARS/JAMES AITKEN 2 10TH GORDINS/KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/28TH MARCH 1918 AGED 28 YEARS/…...
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Andrew
Aitken, James
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Urn
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Undefined
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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