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A base surmounted by a plinth and helmeted Highland soldier in mourning pose. There is a tablet with a Second World War inscription placed at the foot of the plinth. The work has a carved wreath on the main face of the pedestal above the inscription and the memorial in a small enclosure with railing.

Title

Scourie War Memorial

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 250 x W 80 x D 80 cm (E)

Accession number

IV27_DO_S101

Work type

War memorial

Owner

The Highland Council

Custodian

The Highland Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

23rd April 1926

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front (upper): 1914 - 1918 / ERECTED BY THE SCOURIE DISTRICT / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBERANCE OF / THEIR UNRETURNING BRAVE; front (middle): L.SGT. WILLIAM ELLIOT CAM. HIGHRS. / L.CPL. ALISTAIR ELLIOT H.L.I. / PTE. DUNCAN MACKAY GORDON. HIGHRS. / TRPR. DONALD MACKAY LOVAT SCOUTS / PTE. ALICK MACLEOD SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / L.CPL. JOHN HUGH MACRAE SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / PTE. DONALD MORRISON NEW ZEALAND / PTE. JOHN MORRISON SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / PTE. WILLIAM MORRISON CANADIANS / PTE. JOHN MUNRO A.S.C. / SGT. ALEXANDER ROSS LOVAT SCOUTS / L.CPL. DUNCAN ROSS SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / PTE. ROBERT ROSS SOUTH WALES BRDRS. / SGT. MACKAY SINCLAIR SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / PTE ROBERT THOMSON R.A.O.C. Front (lower): "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"; front (bottom): THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / L.A.C. DONALD BREMNER R.A.F. PTE. GEORGE MACLEOD CAM. HIGHRS. / L-SEAMAN JOHN MACDONALD R.N.R. PTE. JOHN MACLEOD SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / PTE. ALEX. R. MACLEOD A.&S.H. PTE. DONALD MORRISON SEAFTH. HIGHRS. / SEAMAN EVANDER MACLEOD R.N.R. SGT. OBS. COLIN F. NICHOLSON R.A.F.V.R. / GNR. WILLIAM SUTHERLAND R.A.

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