Picture No: | 2740 |
Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
Year: | 2008 |
Graveyard | Cromarty Gaelic East |
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James & Mary (Reid) Shepherd, James & William.
In loving memory of/our dear sons/JAMES D. SHEPHERD/1st Battn 5th Royal Scots/born 26 Aug. 1881, died 9 May 1915/of wounds received in action/at Dardanelles/and buried at Gallipoli/WILLIAM GEORGE/died 22 Oct. 1923 aged 25./Also JAMES D. SHEPHERD/father/who died 20 March 1933/in his 74th year/and MARY REID/his devoted wife/who died 26th May 1933, aged 74.
"This humble grave, dug out of the sand/they laid him down to rest, in a foreign land/Just one of many, who fought and fell/In the Dardanelles mid shot and shell."
Picture Added on 08 July 2008.