Memorial

Second Lieutenant George Cowie

Memorial to George Cowie

Source: Vincent Stuart

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Current Location

Mortlach Churchyard, Church Street, Dufftown, Moray, Grampian, AB55 4AR, Scotland

NJ 32420 39215

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 103346
Description: A grey granite replica design of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone set upon a large plinth. This headstone is made of grey granite, it has the usual slightly arched top with Air Force unit badge below the arch, although this protrudes from the headstone and is not engraved into it. In the centre of the stone is an engraved crucifix, the writing on the memorial is lead lettering affixed to the stone. Unlike a CWGC stone it is set upon a large plinth which has also got writing on it explaining where the casualty was buried.
Inscription: SECOND LIEUTENANT / GEORGE COWIE / ROYAL FLYING CORPS / 22ND OCTOBER 1917, AGE 18 / ONLY SON OF / ALEXANDER & SYLVIA COWIE / DUFFTOWN, SCOTLAND / "IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH" / A REPLICA OF MONUMENT / ERECTED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY / PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE, BELGIUM.

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good