Aberdeenshire HER - NJ66SE0573 - BOYNDIE CEMETERY

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Primary ReferenceNJ66SE0573
NameBOYNDIE CEMETERY
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Site Condition Complete 1
Details Cemetery depicted on the OS 5th edition map. It contains the World War II Commonwealth war grave of George Lovie, Royal Naval Patrol Service, who died 30 September 1941. There is a memorial to Lance Corporal George Ross, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action in France on 14th September 1915 (aged 21). Also buried in the cemetery is Sir John Charles Grant Ledingham KT, a pathologist and bacteriologist born at Boyndie who was Director of the Lister Institute, London, between 1931 - 1943. There is a small wooden cross marking a grave against the south wall of the cemetery, and a memorial to the residents of the former Ladysbridge Hospital (NJ66SW0043). See NJ66SE0572 for the war memorial flanking the entrance gate.
Last Update25/11/2024
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Date of Compilation01/05/2024

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRAVESWARCOMMONWEALTHB100
GRAVESWORLD WAR II C100
CROSSESWOODEN D100
CEMETERIES  A100