The Scottish War Graves Project

spoons · Last edited by spoons on Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:38 pm; edited 1 time in total

OS Map Ref: NX 699 460

In a remote bit of countryside a few miles from Kirkcudbright, inside the Dundrennan Military Range and a good 10 minute walk across fields from the nearest track (boots needed). The church is now demolished down to a foot or so high with burials inside the church and surrounding. There are some recent burials (2005).

A stone near the entrance appears to be the old font.

Number of CWGC burials None

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spoons · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject:

There is only one gravestone with a military inscription in this churchyard and that is to these two brothers.

Name: CALDOW, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Dasher
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/03/1943
Service No: C/JX 352223
Additional information: Son of William and Jane Muir Caldow, of Kirkcudbright.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 70, 2.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Name: CALDOW, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: between 03/11/1944 and 04/11/1944
Service No: 3254367
Additional information: Son of William and Jane Muir Caldow, of Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. A. 2.
Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

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