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Title
Alness War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
Dumfries red freestone
Measurements
H 550 x W 55 x D 50 cm (E);
Plinth: H 2000 x W 2000 x D 2000 cm (E)
Accession number
IV17_DO_S037
Work type
War memorial
Owner
The Highland Council
Custodian
The Highland Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
14th September 1921
Access
at all times
Inscription description
cross, upper front face (West): THE / GREAT / WAR / 1914-1918; cross, lower front face (West): THIS / STONE / COMMEMORATES / THE MEN OF / ALNESS AND / ROSSKEEN / WHO AT THEIR / COUNTRY'S CALL / WENT FORTH / TO DEFEND THEIR / HOMES AND / EMPIRE, / ENDURED UNTOLD / SUFFERINGS AND / PASSED FROM THE / SIGHT OF MEN BY / THE PATH OF DUTY / AND SACRIFICE; front face (West), upper: THEIR DUST IS IN THE DESERT AND THE DEEP / AND YET TRIUMPHANT O'ER THE GRAVE THEIR SPIRITS NEVER SLEEP / BUT GUARD THE FREEDOM WHICH THEY DIED TO SAVE; front face (West), middle: 13325 PTE DUNCAN C. GUNN 15TH H.L.I. 266320 PTE J. MACKENZIE 6TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 6698 PTE D. HENDERSON 5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 1012 SERGT. D.A. MACLEAN 4TH " / MAJOR J.M. HENDERSON M.C. 4TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS 3046 PTE JOHN MACLEAY 7TH " / LIEUTENANT A. HILL 9TH H.L.I 242279 L/CPL R. MACLENNAN 6TH " / 3311 PTE DONALD HOPE 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 27705 SERGT. DAVID MACLEOD 6TH H.L.I. / 1900 SERGT. N. KENNEDY 4TH " / 1485 PTE HUGH MACLEOD 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 40395 PTE WM. MACBEAN 7TH " 1659 PTE LACHLAN MACLEOD 6TH ROYAL HIGHLANDERS / 1901 L/CPL FINLAY MACULLOCH 4TH " 1735 PTE THOMAS MACLEOD 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 995 PTE DAVID C. MACDONALD 5TH " 7382 PTE J. MANSON 2ND " / 1290 PTE HUGH MACDONALD 4TH " 1098 CPL A.D. MATHESON M.G. SCT. C.M.R. N.Z./36184 CPL J. MACDONALD 7TH DKE CORNWALL'S L.I. 44132 RIFLEMAN A. MATHESON 1ST G.I. N.Z. / 40569 PTE J. MACDONALD 2ND RL SCOTS FUSILEERS 40227 PTE JAMES MATHESON 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 22251 PTE DONALD MACGHEE 2ND GORDON HIGHLANDERS 7611 PTE RODERICK MATHESON 2ND " / 1055 SERGT. GEORGE MACKAY 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 200338 CPL J.W. MILLER 6TH " / 6988 PTE COLIN MACKELLAR 5TH " 278811 GUNNER J.F. MINTY 36TH BATTRY R.F.A. / 201735 PTE ALEX. MACKENZIE 6TH " 1389 PTE GEORGE MORRISON 1TH A.I.F./1921 SERGT. D. MACKENZIE 4TH " 201979 L/CPL GEORGE MUNRO 2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 422795 PTE D.K. MACKENZIE 29TH CANADIANS 40234 L/CPL JOHN MUNRO 2ND " / WND LIEUT GEORGE A. MACKENZIE 8TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS 1866 PTE JOHN MUNRO 4TH " / 200532 PTE HUGH J. MACKENZIE 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 1899 PTE MURDO MUNRO 4TH " / 20976 L/CPL SIMON MUNRO 4TH GRENADIER GUARDS; front face (West), lower left: 1939-1945 SISTER ANNIE P. KERR M.N. / BOSUN RODERICK MACDONALD " / 318086 L/CPL JAMES MACKAY 2ND CAMERON HIGHLANDERS / 14402094 TPR DONALD J.K. MACKENZIE 6TH AIR-BORNE / 2815904 GDSM WILLIAM MACKENZIE 1ST SCOTS GDS. / SEAMAN DUNCAN MACLEAN M.N. / P / Kx84974 STOKER ALEXANDER J. MACLENNAN R.N.; front face (West), lower right: 1596536 L/BDR NEIL MACMILLAN R.A. / 656656 W/O DUGALD J. MACRAE R.A.F. / 1366356 FL/SERGT. IAN T. MCRAE " / Fx80214 AIR MECH. FRANK G. MATTHEWS R.N. / 1822930 SERGT WILLIAM J.G. MIDDLETON R.A.F. / 14226495 TPR RODERICK MUNRO 15/19 HUSSARS / 2817975 L/CPL KENNETH MCR. SINCLAIR 2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS; left face (North), middle: 1393 PTE COLIN BAIN 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 1734 L/CPL J. BEALE 4TH " / 242323 PTE JOHN CAMPBELL 7TH " / 150041 PTE KENNETH CAMPBELL 11TH CANADIANS / 1142 PTE THOMAS CAMPBELL 2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / LIEUT & Q.M. ALEX. CLARK M.C. 9TH "/ 267278 PTE JAMES A. CORMACK 6TH " / 9392 PTE HENRY CONNELL 1ST SCOTS GUARDS / 2948 PTE DAVID DARLING 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 7576 PTE GEORGE DOUGLAS 2ND "/ 24513 PTE JAMES FARQUHAR 4TH " / 242186 PTE THOMAS J. FERGUSON 5TH " / 55311 PTE D. FINLAYSON 18TH M.L.I./36805 GUNNER JOHN FRASER 121ST BATTRY R.F.A. / 37331 Q.M. SERGT. RODERICK J. FRASER 178TH CY M.G.C. / 10102 PTE HECTOR FRASER 2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 8132 L/CPL WILLIAM FRASER 2ND " / 1706 PTE JOHN GAIR 4TH "/1760 PTE MARK GANT 5TH ARGYLE & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS / 202004 L/CPL HUGH GRANT 6TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 200126 CPL ROBERT GRANT 4TH " / 9317 PTE ROBERT GRAY 2ND "; left face (North), lower: 1939-1945 2822647 PTE DANIEL AIRLIE 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/2820993 PTE JOHN S. BAIN 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/395996 SERGT. VICTOR BROWN R.A.F. / V7795 C.M.M. GEORGE FOWLER R.C.N.V.R. / 14219623 PTE JOHN R. FRASER 6TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 1551463 L.A.C. WILLIAM J. FRASER R.A.F ./ LIEUT. WILLIAM D.D. GAMMIE 5TH SEAFORTH HIGHANDERS; right face (South), middle: 200294 PTE WILLIAM MUNRO 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 1717 PTE ROBERT MURRAY 4TH "/1322 PTE IAN ROBERTSON 4TH " / 202011 PTE PETER ROBERTSON 4TH " / 10855 SERGT. DUNCAN ROSS 4TH CANADIANS/5041 SERGT-MAJOR HUGH ROSS 1ST SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/40015 PTE GEORGE ROSS 2ND " / 1810 PTE HUGH ROSS 4TH " / 1910 PTE HENRY ROSS 4TH " / 6182 PTE GILBERT ROSS 7TH / 1755518 PTE GEORGE ROSS 310TH AMERICAN FORCE / 27137 PTE ARTHUR SCOTT 7TH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS / 22773 L/CPL J.S. SCOTT 7TH ARGYLE & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS/25890 PTE ALEXANDER SMITH 5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/30445 PTE ALEX. R. STEVENSON 5TH GORDON HIGHLANDERS/1032 PTE DONALD STEWART 8TH SOUTHLAND REG. N.Z. / 6702 PTE JOHN F. STRACHAN 5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 28594 PTE GEORGE M. WATSON 7TH ROYAL SCOTS / 200044 PTE DAVID WILLIAMSON 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS / 200065 SERGT DONALD WILLIAMSO