Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders War Memorial Youth Club

Front of Building - Taken by Allan Cameron 17 Mar 2015

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Hall with book of remembrance - Taken by Allan Cameron 17 Mar 2015

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Plaque to Major General Angus Lyell Collier C.B.E.,M.C.,D.L.,J.P. - Taken by Allan Cameron 17 Mar 2015

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2nd Lieut.Derek Fred Cavaye - Taken by Allan Cameron 17 Mar 2015

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Brigadier the Hon. Evan Baille, M.C.,T.D.,D.L. - Taken by Allan Cameron 17 Mar 2015

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Reference WMO/205178

Address:

Planefield Road

Inverness

IV3 5DN

Scotland

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Roadside

Description: Hall

Materials:

Brick Brick

Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque

Conflicts:

Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: War memorial youth club dedicated to those from the Cameron Highlanders who lost their lives during the Second World War. Book of Remembrance and Brass plaque inside. The full IWM Register entry is as follows - Rather than build a Cenotaph, the leaders of the Regiment felt a fitting memorial was a Boys’ Club, offering young men an alternative to Boys Brigade or Boy Scouts. The club contains an entrance way, with an oak panel, opposite the doors, carved with the Battle Honours and a Book of the Dead, containing the names of all Cameron Highlanders who fell in the two Great Wars. The intention was to give the boys of the town a place where they could participate in male-led activities, with the older boys and leaders providing example to the young men. The club enjoyed immediate success, open five nights a week as regular attendance was not mandatory. It offered a wide range of activities and included a gymnasium, woodworking shop, a library, and other rooms given over to activities such as fly tying, table tennis, and billiards. By 1960, the club was noted for its presentations of one act plays in local drama festivals. It was also an early participant in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Since its days as a boy’s club the Centre’s activities have expanded to encompass those of a Community Centre meeting the needs of all ages. The centre is now run in partnership between High Life Highland, and the voluntary Management Committee. Key Features: The Cameron Youth Centre has a varied programme including – • High 5’s After School Club, including school holiday club • High Life Highland Senior Youth Club • Central Work Club • Many Indoor Bowling groups • Dog Training Classes on 2 nights • Lip Reading Classes • Football and Sports • Broadband connected IT suite with 7 laptops • Rooms available to hire, for meetings, classes, training courses, social activities, youth clubs etc Cameron Youth Centre, Planefield Road, Inverness, IV3 5DN 01463 234785 Email Us Cameron Youth Centre Latest From Twitter RT @HLHSport: Schools out for another week why not #choosetolead with our leadership programme. Get off to a flying start by taking pa… @hlhsocial - April 9, 2018 Newsletter Subscription Sign up to the High Life Highland mailing list here. Contact Us Home About Archives Community Centres Visitor Attractions Leisure Libraries Sport Outdoor Activities Youth Adult Learning

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The building was purpose built as a Boys’ Club as a “Living War Memorial” to those Cameron Highlanders who lost their lives during the 1939-1945 war.The official opening was carried out by her late Majesty the Queen Mother on the 6th August 1953. The final few words of Her Majesty’s opening speech were as follows----“this club will provide for another generation of young Scotsmen, happiness and opportunity of a new kind. Here they will find comradeship and recreation, encouragement and goodwill. They will do well to remember those in whose memory this club is built and to recall the example in service and dedication of those gallant Cameron Highlanders who are in our thoughts today”
The building is now used primarily as a Community Centre but is run by a Board of Management many of whom were originally members of the Boys’ Club.
The Memorial Entrance Hall incorporates three specific memorials and these can be seen on the additional photographs on the site. In particular we would draw your attention to the one for Major General Angus Lyell Collier. C.B.E., M.C., D.L., J.P. whose drive, effort and vision ensured that the Club was built and his inspiration has ensured that is has thrived and continues to be a ‘living memorial’ to the Regiment.

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