Tour Scotland Video Wycherley War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland travel video of Pilot, Ronald Norman Wycherley gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Montrose, Scotland. Ronald served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 25, on the 15th of January 1942. He was the son of Frederick Norman and Amelia Wycherley, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video Cross Of Sacrifice Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of the Cross Of Sacrifice in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth war memorial designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission, now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves. Its shape is an elongated Latin cross with proportions more typical of the Celtic cross, with the shaft and crossarm octagonal in section. It ranges in height from 18 to 24 feet. A bronze longsword, blade down, is affixed to the front of the cross, and sometimes to the back as well. It is usually mounted on an octagonal base. It may be freestanding or incorporated into other cemetery features. The Cross of Sacrifice is widely praised, widely imitated, and the archetypal British war memorial. It is the most imitated of Commonwealth war memorials, and duplicates and imitations have been used around the world.
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Tour Scotland Video Clyne Gravestone Rossie Island Cemetery Montrose Angus
Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Clyne gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Rossie Island cemetery in Montrose. Alexander was was born on the 18th of July 1833 in Menmuir, Forfar. He lived in Tigerton in Menmuir, Angus in 1841. He lived in Lethnot and Navar in 1851. In 1855 Alexander was a Farm Servant in Newhouse, Glamis. He lived in Newton in Glamis, Angus in 1855. He lived in Myreton in Murroes in 1856. Alexander lived in Hillhead in Kirriemuir in 1858. Between 1861 and 1881 he was a County Police Constable in Forfar. He lived in New Road, Forfar in 1861. Alexander lived at 76 Castle Street in Forfar in 1862. He lived at 25 Manor Street in Forfar in 1863. He lived in 8 Esk Street, Craig in 1871. In 1871 Alexander was an a county constable in Craig. He lived at 1 West Terrace, Craig in 1881. Alexander lived in Burnside House, West Terrace, Ferryden, Craig in 1901. In 1901 he was an Inspector of the Poor in Craig. He died on 11th of December 1902 at the age of 69 in Burnside House, West Terrace, Ferryden, Craig.
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Tour Scotland Video Paton Gravestones Rossie Island Cemetery Montrose Angus
Tour Scotland travel video of the Patons gravestones on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Rossie Island cemetery in Montrose, Scotland. This surname dates back to the early 13th Century, and further early recordings include: James Patoun in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire, and John Paton, a witness in the 1413 Feet of Fines of Cambridgeshire, England. Variations in the idiom of the spelling include Patton, Patten and Paten. Recordings from London Church Registers include: the christening of Susanna, daughter of George Paton, at St. Martin Ludgate, on November 7th 1574, and the christening of Margaret Paton at St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Stepney, London, on November 5th 1581. John and Mary Paton, famine emigrants, sailed from Liverpool aboard the ship " Panthea " bound for New York, America, in December 1846.
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Tour Scotland Video Smith Gravestone Rossie Island Cemetery Montrose Angus
Tour Scotland travel video of the Captain Edward Smith gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Rossie Island cemetery in Montrose, Scotland. Erected by the brother officers of the late Captain Edward Smith of the Forfar Militia to commemorate their affection recollection of a zealous soldier and warm hearted comrade whose early death they sincerely deplore.
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