Memorial

Stoker J A Moncrieff

Moncrieff Family Grave.

Source: Vincent Stuart

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Current Location

Kilrenny Parish Churchyard, Kirk Wynd, Kilrenny, North East Fife, Fife, KY10 3JJ, Scotland

NO 57541 04839

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 105225
Description: Light grey granite obelisk headstone in several parts. The base plinth is tall and wide forming a square, on top of which sits an upper block plinth which is of polished granite. The main inscription section is tall and tapers slightly towards the top and although it is polished on all four sides, currently only has inscriptions on the front and one other side. The top section has a Greco-Roman type roof on all four sides which flare our from the top of the memorial and on top of which steps upwards and sits an ancient style urn draped with a cloth design. The inscriptions are by means of engravings into the stone which is highlighted with black paint.
Inscription: Erected / by / CATHERINE KEAY, / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HER HUSBAND / DAVID MONCRIEFF, / WHO WAS KILLED AT SEA, / 13 AUGT. 1895, / AGED 26 YEARS. / ALSO THEIR SON / JAMESS ANSTRUTHER / MONCRIEFF, / AGED 22 YEARS, / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / ON H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 31 MAY 1916. / HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH. (OTHER PANEL) ALSO / HIS FATHER / JAMES ANSTRUTHER / MONCRIEFF / WHO WAS DROWNED / AT SEA, / 16 JUNE 1897, / AGED 48 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationship, Name, Age, Manner of Death, Unit, Date of Death.
Order of names: Relationship, Name, Age, Manner of Death, Unit, Date of Death.