
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Glasgow
- Town
- Cathcart
- County
- Strathclyde
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 90756
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Current location
160
Cathcart Cemetery
Brenfield Road
Cathcart
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G44 3JW
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone, which is a 2 column tablet- these names being in the left hand column
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THEIR SONS/WILLIAM AITKEN/ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE/CLYDE DIVISION/WHO WAS KILLED AT THE DARDANELLLES/13TH JULY 1915 AGED 20 YEARS/NEIL ANGUS SHAW AITKEN/ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS/MOTOR TRANSPORT/WHO DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER/AT HAMADAN PERSIA/29TH SEPTEMBER 1918 AGED 20 YEARS/…..
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aitken, Neil Angus Shaw
Aitken, 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, forenames, relationships, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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