Memorial

Captain R A M Black

Black Family Gravestone

Source: Copyright Gilmour Strang

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Current Location

Pennyfuir Cemetery, A85, Oban, Argyll And Bute, PA34 5TX, Scotland

NM 86652 31553

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 79698
Description: Addition to white marble, upright, family gravestone on a double marble footer. The top is equilateral and is proud of the face of the stone with the inscription. The face of the top is decorated with lily of the valley, in relief. There are pillars either side of the stone giving the appearance of supporting the top and they are decorated with flowers. The lettering is incised and in black.
Inscription: …../ALSO THEIR FAMILY/…/ROBERT A.M. [BLACK] CAPT. 5TH GORDON HDRS /KILLED IN ACTION AT SOISSONS FRANCE/27TH JULY 1918, AGED 30 YEARS/...

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

Gravestone

Height: 1960

Width: 765

Depth: 125

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good