- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 102346
- Description
- Triangular-arched grey granite headstone with incised inscription, which has been blacked.
[N.B. Some details of this inscription differ from official records, e.g. the elder of the two brothers who died in WW1 enlisted and served as 'William John Dunkin'; his younger brother did so under the name 'Robert Francis Archer Duncan'; also, the latter's date of death was officially recorded as 6th June 1918, not the 5th June - see reference section].
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/ PRIVATE/ WILLIAM JOHN DUNCAN (K.L.R.),/ ELDEST AND DEARLY LOVED SON OF/ W.J. AND S.E. DUNCAN,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ MARCH 13TH 1917, AGED 27 YEARS./ LORD GRANT HIS SOUL ETERNAL REST/ HE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST./ ALSO FRANK,/ SECOND AND DEARLY LOVED SON,/ WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED ON/ H.M.S. SNAEFELL,/ JUNE 5TH 1918, AGED 24 YEARS./ IN THE SHELTER OF THY SACRED HEART,/ SWEET JESUS, MAY HE REST./ ALSO WILLIAM JOHN,/ THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF/ SARAH E. DUNCAN,/ AND FATHER OF THE ABOVE,/ WHO DIED MARCH 8TH 1921, AGED 64 YEARS./ SACRED HEART OF JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HIM./ ALSO SARAH ELIZABETH,/ THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF/ WILLIAM JOHN DUNCAN,/ AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE,/ WHO DIED DECEMBER 5TH 1927, AGED 74 YEARS./ SACRED HEART OF JESUS, I TRUST IN THEE./ ALSO ISABELLA MARGARET DUNCAN,/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 30TH 1976,/ R.I.P.