Memorial

Second Lieutenant J Atkinson MC

Second Lieutenant James Atkinson's commemoration on his parents' gravestone.

Source: copyright Alasdair J Malcolm

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Current Location

Monkton and Prestwick (Old) Cemetery, Shaw Road, Prestwick, Kyle And Carrick, KA9 2LP, Scotland

NS 36197 26279

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 106414
Description: Tall tapering square column, with incised black lettering.
Inscription: ERECTED/ BY/ WILLIAM ATKINSON/ PRESTWICK/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS SON/ 2ND LIEUT./ JAMES ATKINSON, M.C./ 1ST ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS/ JOINED ARMY 1914/ KILLED IN ACTION AT NOREUIL,/ FRANCE,/ 2ND SEPT. 1918 AGED 21 YEARS./ THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST/ 1ST THESS 4.16./ ALSO OF HIS WIFE/ AGNES GILCHRIST MUIR/ WHO DIED 17TH NOV. 1929/ IN HER 74TH YEAR./ ALSO THE ABOVE/ WILLIAM ATKINSON/ WHO DIED 4TH NOV. 1931/ AGED 77 YEARS./ ALSO OF HIS ELDEST SON/ EDWARD ATKINSON/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ WILHELMINA MEIKLE BRAES/ WHO DIED 15TH FEBY. 1944 AGED 59 YEARS/ AND OF THE ABOVE/ WILHELMINA MEIKLE BRAES/ WHO DIED 21ST JUNE 1981, AGED 82 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, decoration, military unit, date of enlistment, manner/place/date of death. age, relationships.

Column

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good