IN LOVING
MEMORYOF
OUR DEAR BELOVED SON
ARCHIBALD
MACDONALD
WHO DIED
LAGNACRUACH FARM
CORNAIGBEG TIREE
23RD JUNE 1917
AGED 20 YEARS
VERY SADLY MISSED
AND DEEPLY MOURNED
GEB D FHAG THU SINNE BRONACH
AN GLEAN NAN DEOIR NAD DHEICH
CHAN ANN MAR DHREAM GUN DOCHAS
NACH COMHLAICH SINN A CHEILL
THA IADSAN DIUGH CHO SGIAMHACH
CHO GEAL RI GRIAN NAN SPEUR
‘S NUAIR BHITHEAS OBAIR CRIOCHNAICHT
BITHIDH SINNE TRIALL NAD DHEIGH
Gaelic: THIS A VERSE FROM A HYMN BY THE REV. PETER GRANT
Though you have left us in sadness
In the vale of tears after your departure,
We are not like a people without hope
Who will never meet one another again:
They are now as beautiful,
As bright/white as the sun in the skies,
And when [the] work is done
We will follow you on our journey.
