Memorial

Private G and Second Lieutenant J Symon

Symon Family Headstone

Source: Copyright Vincent Stuart

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Current Location

Broomhill Cemetery, A95 Banff Road, Keith, Moray, Grampian, AB55 6RX, Scotland

NJ 43752 51341

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 101074
Description: A simple Calvary Cross made of grey granite which consists of a cross on top of three plinths. The inscriptions are engraved into the face of the three plinths and have been painted black which is fading away.
Inscription: ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JANET MURRAY / WIFE OF JOHN SYMON, / PAINTER, KEITH. / WHO DIED 22ND JULY 1914 / AGED 52 YEARS / ALSO THEIR TWO SONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. / PTE. GEORGE SYMON, ROYAL FUSILIERS. / A STUDENT OF BLAIRS COLLEGE. / FELL AT GHELUVELT 4TH OCT. 1917 AGED 19 YEARS. / 2ND LIEUT. JOHN SYMON, YORKSHIRE REGT. / FELL AT ZILLEBEKE 5TH JAN. 1918 AGED 22 YEARS. / AND OF THE ABOVE JOHN SYMON / WHO DIED 22ND DECEMBER 1937 AGED 77 YEARS. / ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER MARY ISABELLA SYMON / WHO DIED 28TH JUNE 1951 AGED 60 YEARS. / R.I.P.

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good