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Deck Hand J BRAID

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Mercantile Marine Reserve

H.M. Yacht "Adventuress."

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKMAIDEN CEMETERY

Grave 309

United Kingdom

Kirkmaiden Cemetery Dumfries and Galloway

Photographer: Malcolm Ross

Inscription paint smudged

Photographer: Gary Taylor

Cleaned but lettering is a little smudged.

Photographer: Gary Taylor

Cleaned but lettering is a little smudged.

Photographer: Gary Taylor

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Hunter Braid and Ellinor Braid, of Rona Lighthouse, Raasay, Kyle of Lochalsh.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP THY LAST SLEEP FREE FROM CARE AND SORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKMAIDEN CEMETERY
Wigtownshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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