Memorial
Second Class Engineer G McL Alexander
Gravestone
Source: Copyright James Mitchell
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Current Location
Western Cemetery, Forfar Road, Arbroath, Angus, Tayside, DD11 3RB, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NO 62734 41843
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 100862
- Description
- Tall family gravestone, with a raised shoulder top (raised on the right hand side), dark polished granite. "A" top right hand side. Commemorations in gold lettering, surrounded by a border.
- Inscription
- In loving memory/of/Joseph Samson Alexander..../also his son/George McLean Alexander/2nd Class Engineer, Merchant Navy/Hospital ship H.M.S. "Centaur"/Torpedoed by/Japanese enemy action/off Sydney, Australia/on 13.2.1943, aged 27/....
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good