Memorial

Lochinver and Assynt Parish

Lochinver war memorial

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Current Location

Village Green, Culag Road (A837), Lochinver, Sutherland, Highlands and Islands, IV27 4JY, Scotland

NC 09434 22871

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 5917
Description: Kilted highland soldier in tam o' shanter with rifle raised 'at the ready', standing on rough hewn stone plinth. Plinth bears names on inset tablets. all mounted on rough hewn stone tapering base. Note that the contemporary image shows the memorial once had railings, presumably removed in the WW2 scrap metal drive. Note also that all attached images are now out of date following the restoration work of June 2018. War Memorials Online has a series of images taking the story forward in stages from 2012 to immediately before restoration.
Inscription: 12 O'Clock face, plinth: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ "THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" 12 O'Clock face, tablet: ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names) 3 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names) 9 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names) 6 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 15
Died: 16
Information shown: rank, service, forenames, surname
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: See the 'warmemscot' reference for an unresolved discussion concerning whether Annie Park Kerr was in the QAIMNS or the Merchant Navy at the time of her death