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
- 89769
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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 a circular column
- Inscription
- Their Sons/Pte William Boles/Black Watch/Killed in Action, Loos/25th Sep 1915 Aged 21 Years/JOHN BOLES/H.M.S. Indefatigible/Killed in Action/In Battle off Jutlland/31st May 1916 Aged 17 Years/"Till Christ shall bid/thee rise"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Boles, John
Boles, William
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, rank, service, place of death, manner of death, date of death, age
Order of information: date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Column
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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