| Picture No: | 12085 |
| Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Graveyard | Urray West. |
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Roderick & Jessie (Mackay) Forbes & family.
To the memory of/BELLA/who died 15 April 1920/aged 30/FINLAY, A.I.F/killed 25 April 1915/at Gallipoli, aged 24/DUNCAN A.I.F./killed 25 May 1915/aged 23/DONALD LAURIE/Seaforth Highlanders/died 14th July 1916/at Persian Gulf aged 22/also/FINLAY/drowned in the Orrin/21 August 1889 aged 2/dearly beloved son of/RODERICK/and JESSIE FORBES/Fairburn.
'Until the day dawn.'
[LHS]
also/JESSIE MACKAY/beloved wife of/RODERICK FORBES/who died at Fairburn/2 May 1922/and the said/RODERICK FORBES/died at Muirton Cottage/Fairburn/5 April 1939 aged 86/also their daughter/SARAH FORBES/died 13th May 1954/aged 66 years/JEANNIE FORBES/died 4th March 1966/aged 81 years.
FINLAY/who died in infancy.
Picture Added on 31 July 2010.
Comments
I think maybe on the LHS "and their son RODERICK FORBES" should perhaps read "and the said RODERICK FORBES" (their son Roderick was born in 1883 in Kincardine, Ross-shire and died in 1968 in Inverness)
Added by Fiona on 06 May 2018.
Added by Fiona on 06 May 2018.
forbes, duncan private 1003 25th may 1915 age 23, mentioned in despatches, 12th bn. Australian infantry, a.i.f. Son of roderick and jessie forbes, of fairburn, muir of ord, ross-shire, scotland. Australian iii. D. 31. Shrapnel valley cemetery
forbes, o. Duncan laurie, lance corporal, 14th July 1916 s/12054 1st bn seaforth highlanders son of mr. And mrs. Roderick forbes, of fairburn, muir-of-ord, ross-shire. ii. B. 14. Amara war cemetery
Added by Vernon on 24 November 2010.