Memorial

Captain J E Crombie

Source: Douglas McGregor

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Current Location

St Machar Cathedral, The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, City Of Aberdeen, Grampian, AB24 1RQ, Scotland

NJ 93906 08781

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 5849
Description: CREST OF GORDON HIGHLANDERS AND FAMILY
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ JOHN EUGENE CROMBIE/ CAPTAIN 4TH BATT. GORDON HIGHLANDERS/ DEAR ONLY SON OF/ JOHN WILLIAM CROMBIE MP AND MINNA HIS WIFE/ BORN 30TH APRIL 1896. HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL/ IN AUGUST 1914. AND DIED ON 23. APRIL 1917 OF WOUNDS/ RECIEVED THE SAME DAY IN ACTION AT ROEUX./ HIS BODY LIES BURIED AT AGNEZ-LES-DUISANS NEAR ARRAS IN FRANCE; HIS SPIRIT HAS RETURNED UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT; AND HIS MEMORY LIES ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ "TOOK HIS FILL OF MUSIC, JOY OF THOUGHT AND SEEING/ CAME, AND STAYED, AND WENT, NOR EVER CEASED TO SMILE"/ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY HIS MOTHER & FENELLA HIS ONLY SISTER

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, date of birth, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of burial, manner of death, relationships

Plaque

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Good