SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN MACEWEN
SON OF DANIEL MACEWEN
CALLANDER
DIED 13TH JANUARY 1953
AGED 75 YEARS
FOR MANY YEARS RSIDENT IN TIREE
“THE BREAKING OF A NEW DAY”
“TO DIE IS GAIN”
Notes: “The breaking of a new day ” “To die is gain”
A SALIOR
OF THE
1939-1945
WAR
MERCHANT NAVY
BURIED 24TH OCTOBER 1940
KNOWN UNTO GOD
Notes: Known unto god
Military Notes: WW2, Merchant Navy
TWO SALIORS
OF THE
1939-1945
WAR
MERCHANT NAVY
KNOWN UNTO GOD
Notes: Known unto god
Military Notes: WW2 Merchant Navy
A SALIOR
OF THE GREAT WAR
H.M.S “RACOON”
9TH January 1918
KNOWN UNTO GOD
Military Notes: Merchant Navy H.M.S Racoon, WW1
GEVALLEN
N.DIENST
VAN ZIJN VADERLAND
PURSER RIJK BARON
S.S VOLENDAM
GEBOREN TE HARLINGENN
6 JANUARI 1889
OVERLEDEN OP ZEE
30 AUGUSTUS 1940
Notes: Dutch Translation
“FALLEN
IN THE SERVICE
OF HIS FATHERLAND
PURSER RIJK BARON
SS VOLENDAM
BORN IN HARLINGEN
6 JANUARY 1889
DIED AT SEA
30 AUGUST 1940”
Dutch Purser of the ship SS Volendamhad his body repatriated by his family.
Notes: An undecorated cruciform stone serving as a headstone. It measures .65m high and 0.35m wide across the arms .It is possible but unlikely that this stone dated to the Early Christian period.
