Memorial

A Anderson

Anderson granite tablet

Source: Susan Strang

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Current Location

Beside the Alyth War Memorial, Junction of Airlie Street (B952) and Meigle Road, Alyth, Perth And Kinross, Tayside, PH11 8ET, Scotland

NO 25007 47931

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 81909
Description: Granite Tablet with white incised lettering, set into the side of a stone cairn on a base.
Inscription: ALFRED ANDERSON/25 JUNE 1896-21 NOVEMBER 2005/ALYTH RESIDENT/THE OLDEST MAN IN SCOTLAND WHEN HE DIED/THE LAST SCOTTISH VETERAN OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR/THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE CHRISTMAS EVE TRUCE OF 1914/AN UNASSUMING AND GRACIOUS MAN GIVING GENEROUSLY/OF HIS MEMORIES TO THE END, MUCH LOVED AND ADMIRED/BY ALL WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED/UNVEILED ON 1ST OCTOBER 2006 BY/THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF ROTHESAY/ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, date of birth, date of death, additional

Unveiled

1 October 2006

Duke & Duchess of Rothesay

Cairn

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Concrete

Condition: Good