The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

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Contin - Ross & Cromarty District

The Contin war memorial is a slim circular castellated tower set on two circular steps, constructed of rustic blocks of local stone. The commemoration and names of the dead are listed on the curved bronze panels set into the face of the memorial.
The monument stands on a junction on the main road through the village.





WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
CHISHOLM DONALD SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE MOYBRIDGE
ENGLISH ROBERT ERNEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY CAPTAIN HOME SCATWELL
MACAULAY JOHN HAMPSHIRES PRIVATE ALTNABREAC
MACKENZIE GEORGE ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER WESTER MOY
MACKENZIE HUGH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE TORACHILTYSIDE
MACLEAN ALICK SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE RIVERSIDE
MACLEOD NORMAN MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE JAMESTOWN
MACRAE CHRISTOPHER HAMPSHIRES PRIVATE KINELLAN
MACRAE PETER CANADIANS PRIVATE KINELLAN
MASON - MACFARLANE CARLYON W. QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS CAPTAIN 7TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS HOME - CRAIGDARROCH
MATHESON ALICK SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL TARVIE
ROSS ALICK SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL TORACHILTY
STEWART D. BLACK WATCH PIPER ELSICK
STUART ALEXANDER CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE LITTLE MOY
STUART HUGH K. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE LITTLE MOY
STUART JOHN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE LITTLE MOY
TOLMIE HUGH SCOTS GUARDS SERGEANT CONTIN



WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
MATHESON IAN K. SCOTS GUARDS CAPTAIN
ROBERTSON GEORGE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS LANCE CORPORAL
URQUHART DONALD SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE

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PHOTO COURTESY OF PAT ANDERSON