Memorial

Able Seaman Alexander Charles Mackie Spence

Cenotaph For Charles Spence.

Source: Vincent Stuart

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Current Location

Aberlour Cemetery, High Street, Aberlour, Moray, Grampian, AB38 9PB, Scotland

NJ 26281 42760

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 104152
Description: Memorial gravestone in two parts comprising of a large unpolished base plinth of unknown stone on top of which sits the main headstone. This stone is constructed from black granite with a polished face. The top of the stone has a central arch which shoulders at both sides and flares towards the sides. Under this section there is a leaf design etched into the stone. The inscriptions are engraved into the stone and highlighted with gold paint.
Inscription: IN / MEMORY OF / JAMES PIRIE / DIED AT PETERFAIR BLACKSBOAT / 11TH AUG. 1928 AGED 33 / AND WILLIAM INNES / DIED AT ISOLATION HOSPITAL, DUFFTOWN / 3RD JUNE 1934 AGED 54. / ALSO CHARLES SPENCE, A.B., R.N. / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / ON H.M.S. DASHER / 27TH MARCH 1943 AGED 23. / ISABELLA INNES / DIED 17TH JAN. 1985 AGED 87.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Names, Rank, Service, How Killed, Unit, Date of Death, Age.
Order of names: Names, Rank, Service, How Killed, Unit, Date of Death, Age.

Gravestone

Made from: Granite - Black

Condition: Good