Dumbarton West Kirk: the Buchanan Memorial
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Dumbarton West Kirk: the Buchanan Memorial
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 14 Jan 2013
The picture was taken from the vicinity of the MacAuslan Memorial (Image). The area shown here is behind the church halls (Image). For what is just out of shot to the right, see Image The memorial at the centre of the picture has the name "Buchanan" carved in relief on its base. On its near side, it commemorates a Captain William Buchanan who died at Kinneil, Lamlash, on 25 October 1890, aged 67; his wife Ann Walker who died in the same place on 12 April 1901, aged 79; and their children. An inscription on the right-hand side commemorates a different Captain William Buchanan, a Glasgow steamboat owner, who died at Kinneil on the 1st of June 1911, aged 62; and his son, who was killed in the First World War.
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