Memorial

Arisaig and South Morar Record of Service 1914-1919

ARISAIG AND SOUTH MORAR RECORD OF SERVICE 1914 - 1919 - facsimile copy in Land Sea and Islands centre.

Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

A facsimile copy is on view in the museum, Land, Sea and Islands Centre, Arisaig, Lochaber, Highlands and Islands, PH39 4NJ, Scotland

NM 66021 86341

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 44530
Description: Red leather bound elaborately illuminated Book of Remembrance with title tooled in gold lettering on the cover. Book placed within a carved wooden box. Book contains King George V's address to the nation and Lord Kitchener's salute to the fallen. In the pages after the names are photographs, letters to families, postcards and diary entries which tell of the day to day experiences of Arisaig's war effort. Includes a list of all the women from the area who served abroad or as munition workers at home. A facsimile copy of this book is on view in The Land Sea & Islands Centre and a copy of it can be bought on CD-ROM.
Inscription: THE ARISAIG AND SOUTH MORAR RECORD OF WAR SERVICE 1914 - 1919 This Record / has been collected and arranged / by / H. M. Nicholson Then has a Roll of Honour "Killed in Action or Died on Service. / for Service and Sacrifice: / Had they heard a great voice from heaven saying / Come up hither." / (names) One page of those killed then four pages of those who returned (including women war workers.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 125
Served: 102
Died: 23
Information shown: Regimental number (not all), surname, rank, forename, regiment
Order of names: surname

Maker(s): Miss Annie MacDonald Clark, Calligrapher
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: The book was commissioned by Sir Arthur and Lady Gertrude Nicholson who lost both their sons, Arthur and William, in the War.
Maintenance History: 2000: Book was rediscovered when the Village Hall was restored. The original key for the lock on the box was lost but a new one was created by filing down another old key.

Presented

Before 25th February 1922

Presented by the compiler, Miss H. M. Nicholson