Memorial

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class J W B Anderson

Anderson Family Memorial

Source: Copyright Vincent Stuart

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Current Location

Anstruther Cemetery, B9131 St. Andrews Road, Anstruther, North East Fife, Fife, KY10 3HD, Scotland

NO 56339 03811

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 99661
Description: Light grey granite memorial in two parts. The base plinth is a substantial granite block which has been left in a rough hewn state. Above the plinth sits the headstone, which is a tall structure with polished face and rough sides. The top of the memorial has stepped shoulders and underneath the central pinnacle sits an ornamental shield with the letter 'A' in it with a floral design on either side. The inscriptions are engraved into the memorial and painted black.
Inscription: SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / DAVID ANDERSON / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / AGNES ANDERSON / WHO PASSED TO THE HIGHER SERVICE / 18TH MARCH 1945 AGED 69. / ALSO THEIR SONS / JAMES W. B. ANDERSON, E.R.A. / WHO WAS KILLED WHEN H.M.S. SOUTHAMPTON / WAS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION / 10TH JAN. 1941 AGED 22. / ALSO WILLIAM AND THOMAS / WHO DIED IN INFANCY. / ALSO THE ABOVE / AGNES ANDERSON / WHO DIED 14TH JAN. 1961 AGED 85. / THEIR SON / WILLIAM ANDERSON / WHO DIED 30TH NOV. 1990 / DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF / MARY FRASER / WHO DIED 3RD FEB. 2015 AGED 87. / MUCH LOVED MOTHER / GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER / KNOWING NOW THY PERFECT WILL / THEY SERVE THEE STILL.

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good