Memorial

Private A Scott, Captain H M Scott and A Scott Finlayson

Scott/Finlayson family gravestone

Source: © Gilmour Strang

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Current Location

Woodside Cemetery and Crematorium, 46, Broomlands Street, Paisley, Renfrew, PA1 2NP, Scotland

NS 47087 63876

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 91031
Description: Addition to upright, grey granite, family gravestone which is of rough granite with the centre being dressed on which is the raised lead lettering. the top is flat.
Inscription: ERECTED BY/WILLIAM SCOTT/AND HIS WIFE/MARGARET MCLELLAN/IN LOVING MEMORY/OF THEIR SONS/ ADAM SCOTT, M.A./(SCHOOL TEACHER)/PRIVATE H.L.I./KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/1ST JULY 1916 IN HIS 29TH YEAR,/ HUGH MCLELLAN SCOTT M.A./(DIVINITY STUDENT), CAPTAIN H.L.I./KILLED IN ACTION AT MESSINES RIDGE, FRANCE/6TH SEPTEMBER 1918, IN HIS 27TH YEAR/…../ ALSO THEIR GRANDSON/ALEXANDER SCOTT FINLAYSON/MERCHANT NAVY/SON OF ROBERT FINLAYSON AND MARY SCOTT/ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 5TH MAY 1943 IN HIS 18TH YEAR/…..

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, age, academic qualifications, occupation

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, service, manner of death, date of death, age

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good