IN LOVING
MEMORYOF
OUR DEAR BELOVED SON
ARCHIBALD
MACDONALD
WHO DIED
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
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.

