FOR GOD, HIS KING
AN' AULD SCOTLAND
HE GAED - HE GAED HIS A'

SERJEANT WILLIAM THOMAS GILMOUR

BLACK WATCH

14TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 29

BURIED: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE


Gaed' , a Scots word, is the past tense of 'go' i.e. 'went'. It therefore means gave. A' means al so the phrase means, 'he gave his all'. the