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Reference WMO/141655

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A836

Lairg

IV27 4BN

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Situated on a hillside above the A836 this imposing granite memorial is reached by a flight of steps. The memorial has an unusual design, in that it has a round “broken” column on a square plinth on a three stepped square base. Stone carvings depict the regimental badges of the 5th Seaforths (Cat) front and rear, Seaforths (Stag’s head) and Camerons (St Andrews). There are inscriptions of 54 or 55 names for WW1 and 10 or 11 names for WW2, listed by rank, regiment and forname. Rededicated 30th September 2022.
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Erected / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE NATIVES OF / THE PARISH OF LAIRG / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / FOR CIVILISATION / 1914 - 1919 / (55 names) on three faces "THEN WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT, TURNED / TO BLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIEN / THANKS TO GOD WHICH GIVETH / US THE VICTORY" ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE / OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 // (10 names)

The names in alphabetical order- 1914-1918- ARMSTRONG , James , Private, 6th Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders/ CAMPBELL , John L , Private, M.M. 8th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force/ CRAIG , Thomas , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ GRANT , R , Private, Seaforth Highlanders/ GRANT , William , Private, 1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ GRAY , Angus F , Sergeant, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ GRAY , Malcolm M , Corporal, 102nd Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force/ GRAY , Paul M , Private, 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ LAING , Murdo , Corporal, 6th Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacDONALD , John M , Wireless Operator, Royal Naval Reserve/ MacDONALD , William , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacKAY , Alexander R , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force/ MacKAY , Donald , Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery/ MacKAY , Donald G , Corporal, 6th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacKAY , George , Private, 7th Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacKAY , Hector , Lance Sergeant, Lovat Scouts/ MacKAY , James , Private, Royal Army Medical Corps/ McKAY , James , Lance Corporal, 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacKAY , Robert F , Sapper, 1st Tunneling Company, Canadian Engineers/ MacKAY , Thomas , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacKENZIE , Alexander R , Captain, 8th Regiment, South African Infantry/ MacKENZIE , Isabella , Nurse, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service/ MacKENZIE , James , Private, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps/ MacKENZIE , Joseph , Private, 2nd Battalion New Zealand Imperial Force/ McKENZIE , S Hugh , Private, Lovat Scouts/ MacKINTOSH , Lachlan , Private, Seaforth Highlanders/ MacLEAN , Alexander , Sergeant, 12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force/ MacLEAN , Kemp , 2nd Lieutenant, 13th Bn The Royal Scots/ MacLEAN , Thomas M , Bombardier, Australian Field Artillery/ MACLEOD , H , Private, The Connaught rangers/ MACLEOD , H M , Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders/ MACLEOD , John , Private, Lovat Scouts/ McLEOD , Kenneth , Private, 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacPHAIL , David , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacPHERSON , David C , Lance Corporal, 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force/ MacRAE , Charles E , 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps/ MacRAE , Colin F , Lance Corporal, 4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacRAE , Donald A , Lieutenant, Scottish Horse/ MUNRO , Thomas M , 2nd Lieutenant, M.A. 7th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MUNRO , William J , Private, 44th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force/ MUNRO , William D , Private, 9th (Highland) Bn Highland Light Infantry/ MURRAY , Alexander , Sapper, Royal Engineers/ RAY , W , Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force/ ROBERTSON. , James R , Private, 1st Bn Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)/ ROBSON , Walter , Lance Sergeant, 14th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders/ REID , Donald G , Private, 13th Bn The London Regiment/ REID , James S , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ ROSS , L , Private, Seaforth Highlanders/ ROSS , Robert T , 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers/ ROSS , Robert , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ STEPHEN , David , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ STEWART , Angus , Private, 4th Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ SUTHERLAND , Andrew , Private, 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ SUTHERLAND , William J , Lance Corporal, 11th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders/ VALENTINE , David , Private, 11th Bn Sherwood Foresters/ 1939-1945- COGHILL , James , Private, 4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ GRANT , Alexander , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacDONALD , Walter C , Private, 5th Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacKAY , George C , Sergeant, Royal Air Force/ MacKAY , G , Bosun, Merchant Navy/ MacKENZIE , Archibald , Private, 7th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacMILLAN , D J , Corporal, Scots Guards/ MUNRO , John R , Driver, Royal Army Service Corps/ STEVENSON , Adam , Lance Corporal, 4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ SUTHERLAND , J , Sergeant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps/ WEIR , David M , Private, 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders[/u]

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