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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery |
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Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery is at the end of Errol Street, between King Street (the road to Old Aberdeen) and the sea, within the city.
A Screen Wall is erected carrrying bronze panels on which particulars of
all First World War Graves in the cemetery are inscribed.
There are around 170 burials of 1914-1918, (including 1 unidentified sailor
of the Royal Navy in F.3. 554(CMP)), and around 30 burials of 1939-1945. In
addition there is 1 Non World War burial.
One soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is buried in this cemetery.
The Screen Wall in Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery on which the names of those
buried in the cemetery are recorded,
together with plot numbers.
Photo courtesy of Colin Milne
(At present we do not have a photo of Private Baigrie's headstone)
Private James Milner Baigrie. 36445. 12th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment transferred. to (384718) 94th Coy. Labour Corps. Son
of William & Mary Baigrie. Husband of Christina Baigrie, of 6. John St.,
Aberdeen. Died 26 January 1919. Aged 44.
Born Kirriemuir, Kincardineshire.
(Additional information from Pension & Service records;- Enlisted 29 October
1915. Discharged 24 December 1918 due to valvular heart disease.)
Details of James Milner Baigrie's family history are shown on the Ancestry website.
The Plaque on the Screen Wall bearing Private Baigrie's Name
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Photo courtesy of Colin Milne