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Preserved Edinburgh Society
CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY
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 1879 - 1917 (38 years)
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| Name |
James MACDONALD |
| Suffix |
of Bridgend |
| Born |
1879 |
Bridgend, Strathconon, Ross & Cromarty  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Nov 1917 |
Cambrai, Nord, France |
| Person ID |
I2047 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Father |
Alexander MACDONALD, of Bridgend, b. Abt 1827, d. 17 May 1913, Bridgend, Strathconon, Ross & Cromarty (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Rachel MATHESON, b. 1839, d. 13 Apr 1912, Bridgend, Strathconon, Ross & Cromarty (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
19 Jul 1866 |
Fodderty Parish, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F1014 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- In Memory of JAMES MACDONALD Sergeant 204806 4th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders who died on Tuesday, 20th November 1917. Age 38. Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Rachel Macdonald, of Bridgend, Strathconon, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire. Commemorative Information Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 10
Location: The small village of Louverval is on the north side of the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road, 13 kilometres north-east of Bapaume and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai. The Memorial stands on a terrace in Louverval Military Cemetery, which is situated on the north side of the N30, south of Louverval village. CWGC signposts on the N30 give advance warning of arrival at the Cemetery Situated behind a colonnade, the memorial takes the form of a semi-circular wall on which the names of the dead are carved. At the entrance is the following inscription in English and French: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE ENDURING MEMORY OF 7048 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI BETWEEN THE 20TH NOVEMBER AND THE 3RD DECEMBER 1917, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNES OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
Gravestone Inscription in Strathconon burial Ground: In Loving Memory Alexander Macdonald who died at Bridgend, Strathconon 17 May 1913 aged 86 years. Also his wife Rachel Mathieson died 13 April 1912 aged 75 years. Also their daughter Annie died 9 April 1880 aged 8 years. And their son James Sgt 1/4/ Seaforth Hldrs killed in Great War 1914 - 1918. Also their eldest son Donald died at the Northern Infirmary 17 February 1932 aged 65 years. Also their daughter Mary died 31 July 1954 aged 78 years.
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