Memorial
Private W Williamson
Current Location
Inveresk Parish Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Lothian, EH21 7UA, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NT 34432 72069
Denomination
Church of Scotland
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 89182
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- In/Loving Memory of/PTE WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, 7TH R.S./ONLY BELOVED SON OF/JOHN AND ISABELLA WILLIAMSON/KILLED IN THE TROOP TRAIN DISASTER/NEAR GRETNA/22ND MAY 1915 AGED 19 YEARS/INTERRED IN ROSEBANK CEMETERY/NOT IN THE CLANG OF BATTLE NOR IN/THE GLORIOUS CHARGE,/HE FELL ANIOTHER HERO, OF NOBLE HEART/AND LARGE./BUT IN AN HOUR UNTHOUGHT OF THE/DEADLY BLOW WAS GIVEN/THAT TOOK HIM FROM THE CONFLICT/OF EARTH, RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN/…...
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname, forename, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, place of burial
- Additional Information
- Quintinshill
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5210&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75&mforum=warmemscot (see the second post timed at 2245 for images)