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Title
Lovat Scouts' South African Memorial
Date
1905
Medium
stone & bronze
Measurements
H 1000 x W 400 x D 300 cm (E)
Accession number
IV4_DO_S031
Acquisition method
purchased by tenants and feuars on the Aird and Fort Augustus portions of Lord Lovat's estates
Work type
War memorial
Owner
The Highland Council
Custodian
The Highland Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
20th December 1905
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front (west) lower panel: SOUTH AFRICA; right (south) lower panel: WITTEBERGEN; right (south) upper panel: OFFICERS / OF THE LOVAT SCOUTS / FIRST CONTINGENT / LIEUT-COL HON A. D. MURRAY / THE LORD LOVAT G.V.O. C.B. D.S.O. / CAPT. AND ADJT. A. W. MCDONALD,D.S.O. KEPPOCH / " WILLIAM STEWART OF ENSAY / LIEUT. EDWARD ELLIGE OF INVERGARRY / " BRODIE OF BRODIE D.S.O. / " SIR ARTHUR CAMPBELL-ORDE BART / " K. L. MACDONALD OF SKAEBOST / " E. C. FRASER-TYTLER OF ALDOURIE / " ROWLAND HUNT / "CHARLES STIRLING OF FAIRBURN / SURGOEN LIEUT. HERBERT HARTLEY / SECOND CONTINGENT / 113TH AND 114TH COMPANIES / LIEUT-COL HON. A.D. MURRAY / MAJOR THE LORD LOVAT C.V.O. C.B. D.S.O. / CAPT. AND ADJT. HON. E.O. MURRAY /C APTAIN BRODIE OF BRODIE D.S.O. / " " HON. THE MASTER OF SEMPILL / " " HON. J.F. CATHORNE-HARDY / " " D.E. MACKINTOSH / LIEUTENTANT K.L. MACDONALD / " " HON. A.T.J.FRASER OF LOVAT / " " L.A.CHAMMERS / " " BURN-MURDOCH / " " C. LAMB / THIRD CONTINGENT / 178TH COMPANY / MAJOR THE LORD LOVAT C.V.O. C.B. D.S.O. / CAPTAIN H.B. GALLOWAY / LIEUT. AND ADJT. C.M. MACDONALD / CAPTAIN J. BRANDER DUNBAR / LIEUTENANT E.B. MACKENZIE / " " CHARLES STIRLING / " " D.W. CAMERON / " " P.N. HILL / " " GEORGE THURSTON / " " C.C. CLARKE; rear (East) lower panel: CAPE COLONY; rear (east) upper panel: ERECTED / BY THE LOVAT TENANTRY AND FEUARS / OF THE AIRD AND FORT AUGUSTUS DISTRICTS / TO COMMEMORATE / THE RAISING OF THE LOVAT SCOUTS / FOR SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA / BY / SIMON JOSEPH 16TH LORD LOVAT / C.V.O. C.B. D.S.O. / WHO DESIRED TO SHEW / THAT THE MARTIAL SPIRIT OF THEIR FOREFATHERS / STILL ANIMATES / THE HIGHLANDERS OF TO-DAY / AND WHOSE CONFIDENCE WAS JUSTIFIED / BY THE SUCCESS IN THE FIELD / OF THE GALLANT CORPS / WHOSE EXISTENCE WAS DUE / TO HIS LOYALTY AND PATTRIOTISM / A.D. 1905; left (north) lower panel: DIAMOND HILL; left (North) upper panel: OF THE / LOVAT SCOUTS / THE FOLLOWING FELL IN ACTION / OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE / BETWEEN MARCH 1900 AND AUGUST 1902 / FIRST CONTINGENT COL. HON. A.D. MURRAY KILLED IN ACTION / 8896 PRIVATE W. BARRON " " "/ 8719 " " G. DINGWALL " " "/ 8758 " " K. LOCKHART " " "/ 8829 " " A. MACKINNON " " "/ 8781 SERGT. d. MORRISON DIED OF DISEASE / 8832 CORPL. A.R. MACKINTOSH " " "/ 8834 PRIVATE F. MACKENZIE " " "/ SECOND CONTINGENT / CAPT. AND ADJT. E.O. MURRAY KILLED IN ACTION / 36540 PRIVATE J. CAMERON " " "/ 36546 " " I.D. CHRISTIE " "/ 36613 " " D. MACLAREN DIED OF WOUNDS / 36619 " " F. MACRAE " " "/ 36934 W. STABLES DIED OF DISEASE / 36764 SERGT. J. PATERSON ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / 36688 " " A.R. GRANT DIED OF WOUNDS / 36741 CORPL. J. MACLENNAN KILLED IN ACTION / 36670 PRIVATE J. CAMPBELL " " "/ 36677 " " D.S. FORBES " " "/ 36715 " " D.MACKINTOSH " " "/ 36758 " " A. MUNRO " " "/ 36680 " " F.A. FRASER DIED OF DISEASE / 36787 " " D.MACKENZIE " " "/ 36734 " " M. MACKENZIE " " "/ 36777 " " F.W. SIMPSON " " "
