Memorial

Gunner W R Aiken

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Current Location

New Monkland Cemetery, Condorrat Road, Airdrie, Monklands, ML6 0NS, Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 89993
Description: Addition to family gravestone, which is a pedimented pillar, surmounted by a broken column
Inscription: .…/WILLIAM RITCHIE AIKEN/GUNNER, R.G.A./DROWNED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION/31ST DECEMBER 1917 AGED 30 YEARS/INTERRED AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

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

Pillar

Made from: Granite - Pink

Condition: Good

Column

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good