Memorial
Corporal R Reid
Family Grave of Robert Reid
Source: Copyright Vincent Stuart
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 97974
- Description
- The memorial is in two parts - The Base is a rough cast red granite plinth on top of which is a red granite gravestone, the outer sides of which are rough cast which leads to a triangular top, below which is a large leafed design. The smooth face of the stone is inscribed by engraving, there is currently no sign of this having been painted.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY / ROBERT REID / IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE / MARY JOHNSTONE / WHO DIED AT CLACHNAYEL / 14TH DEC. 1917 AGED 62. / ALSO THEIR SON ROBERT / WHO FELL IN ACTION AT YPRES / 12TH OCT. 1914 AGED 34. / THE ABOVE ROBERT REID / WHO DIED AT CLACHNAYELL / 11TH OCT. 1920 AGED 70.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Granite - Red
Condition: Good
- Find a Grave - Boharm - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231770487/robert-reid
- Find a Grave - France - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56452340/robert-reid
- Corporal, 7630, Robert Reid, 1st Gordon Highlanders