Memorial

Strathconan (Strathconon) - WW1

Setting

Source: Martin Briscoe

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Current Location

Place name is spelt 'STRATHCONAN' on the memorial. Parking place by gate: note that the path up to the memorial can be slippery., Just west of Strathconon Primary School, Follow Achonachie Road for about 10 miles West from Fairburn Memorial Hall (itself IWM 69586), Dalnacroich, Ross And Cromarty, Highlands and Islands, IV6 7QQ, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NH 30854 55359

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 75926
Description: Tapered, granite pillar, on a two-tier granite base and then a large stone base with steps leading up to the memorial. Commemoration and names are on the front face of the pillar, beneath a carved, black wreath within which is a crown. All lettering is carved in black. The whole is on a hillside and accessed through gate and up a steep, grassy path.
Inscription: 1914-1918/ TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/OF STRATHCONAN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ FOR GOD,/ KING AND COUNTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION/ SERGT JAMES MACDONALD/ 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS/ DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ STOKER JOHN MACGREGOR/ HMS "ECLIPSE"/ DILEAS GU BAS/ IN HONOUR ALSO/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ AND IN GOD'S MERCY/ RETURNED

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death
Order of names: surname

Conservation

Components

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Steps

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Steps

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Steps

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Pillar

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Further Information

Overall View-http://www.rossandcromartyheritage.org/communit/p37/ht/rs/war memorials/War_memorials/strathconon_wm/m25_pl_ft01.html

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

NH 30854 55359

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