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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:38 pm    Post subject: Advie, Badenoch & Strathspey (T) Reply with quote

Advie - Badenoch & Strathspey
UKNIWM Ref no. 8697

The Advie First World War memorial takes the unusual form of an octagonal freestone column set on a pedestal with gothic arcaded faces within which the commemoration and names of the dead are carved.
The monument stands on the road junction at Ellon Community Wood.

The Commemoration is carved within two of the blind arcades on the face of the pedestal and read:
LET US GIVE
OUR MOST HUMBLE
AND HEARTY THANKS
TO ALMIGHTY GOD
FOR HAVING GIVEN
US AND OUR ALLIES
THE VICTORY OVER
OUR ENEMIES
MAY WE ALL REMEMBER
THAT THE SAFETY
OF OUR EMPIRE
IS NOT OWING TO
THE STRENGTH OF MAN
BUT TO THE POWER
OF GOD
GOD SAVE THE KING
AMEN

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SONS OF THIS PLACE
LET THIS OF YOU
BE SAID
THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE
WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD
THESE GAVE THEIR
LIVES THAT YOU
WHO LIVE MAY REAP
A RICHER HARVEST
ERE YOU FALL
ASLEEP







WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
ALLAN CUTHBERT NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS PRIVATE 24TH BATTALION NORTHURMBERLAND FUSILIERS
ANDERSON JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
BREMNER JAMES BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 12TH BATTALION BLACK WATCH
BREMNER WILLIAM SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 3RD BATTALION SEAFORTHS
BROOKS ERNEST HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT PRIVATE 1ST BATTALION HERTS
CAMERON JOHN ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS PRIVATE
CLARK JOHN CANADIANS STAFF SERGEANT ARMR. KILLED INA CTION 07/08/1918
COOPER JOHN G. BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 8TH BATTALION BLACK WATCH KILLED IN ACTION 02/10/1918
CRUBE JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
DEAN ALEXANDER AUSTRALIANS SERGEANT
DINNIE ALFRED CANADIANS PRIVATE KILLED IN ACTION 07/04/1917
DUNBAR PETER BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 3RD BATTALION BLACK WATCH
DUNBAR THOMAS H. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
FERGUSON DAVID SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
GEDDES DONALD SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
GOW PETER CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION CAMERONS
GRANT ALEXANDER HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT SERGEANT 1ST BATTALION HERTS KILLED IN ACTION 07/09/1918
GRANT DONALD SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
GRANT GEORGE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 7TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS KILLED IN ACTION 16/05/1917
GRANT GEORGE R. ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER
GRANT JOHN AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE
GRANT MUNRO ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 12TH BATTALION A&S.H. KILLED IN ACTION 19/09/1916
GRANT WILLIAM J. MACHINE GUN CORPS PRIVATE
GURRALL ARTHUR S. ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER
HOGG HUGH CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 5TH BATTALION CAMERONS
HOOD AINSLIE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS KILLED IN ACTION 31/07/1917
INNES GEORGE ROYAL AIR FORCE PRIVATE
KEITH WILLIAM BLACK WATCH PRIVATE 9TH BATTALION BLACK WATCH
LEIGHTON DAVID ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY SIGNALLER
LIDDELL RONALD ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY CAPTAIN MILITARY CROSS
MACDONALD JOHN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION CAMERONS
MACDONALD JOHN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 5TH BATTALION CAMERONS
MACDONALD WILLIAM CAMERON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION CAMERONS DIED 28/12/1914
MACKENZIE ALEXANDER SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS KILLED IN ACTION 23/04/1916
MACKENZIE ANGUS CAMERON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 4TH BATTALION CAMERONS
MACKENZIE DUNCAN L. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 2ND BATTALION SEAFORTHS DIED OF WOUNDS 4/11/1915
MACKENZIE JAMES GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 3RD BATTALION GORDONS KILLED IN ACTION 15/10/1914
MACKENZIE THOMAS W. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS SERGEANT
MACKENZIE WILLIAM J. AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE KILLED IN ACTION 05/08/1915
MACPHERSON THOMAS ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY GUNNER
MAUNDERS JOSEPH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT PRIVATE 8TH BATTALION GLOUCESTERS
MCBAIN WILLIAM SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PIPER 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
MCDUFF DONALD GORDON HIGHLANDERS CAPTAIN 6TH BATTALION GORDONS
MCGLASHAN JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
MCINTOSH WILLIAM SOUTH AFRICANS PRIVATE SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD AMBULANCE
MUNRO CHARLES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
MUNRO DANIEL SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 2ND BATTALION SEAFORTHS
MUNRO JOHN ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS PRIVATE
MUNRO WILLIAM SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
PETERKIN JOHN D. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS STAFF QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT
PRITCHARD BENJAMIN SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 3RD BATTALION SEAFORTHS
RAE ROBERT SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS C.O.M.S. 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
ROBERTSON THOMAS HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY SERGEANT 1ST BATTALION H.l.I.
SHAW JOHN CANADIANS LIEUTENANT
SHAW WILLIAM P. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS FARIER 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
SIMPSON ALEXANDER I. SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS C.O.M.S. 6TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
STEWART ARTHUR CANADIANS PRIVATE
STEWART DUNCAN CANADIANS PRIVATE
STEWART JAMES CANADIANS SERGEANT
STUART ALEXANDER SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS
STUART PETER SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE 7TH BATTALION SEAFORTHS KILLED IN ACTION 04/05/1917
TREVOR ROBERT ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS PRIVATE
WILLIAMSON ALEXANDER SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 2ND BATTALION SEAFORTHS
WILLIAMSON CHARLES CANADIANS PRIVATE
WOOD AINSLIE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT 1ST BATTALION CAMERONS
WOOD GEORGE AUSTRALIANS PRIVATE
WOOD JOHN LOCKHART HUSSARS CAPTAIN 18TH HUSSARS DIED OF WOUNDS 11/06/1915
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Memorial: Advie (2008 replacement memorial)
Location: opposite the village hall (about 200m east of the original site)
OS Ref: NJ124342


The memorial shown in the post above has been replaced by a modern replica, sited a couple of hundred yards east from the original, opposite the village hall (by the road leading into the village shown in the photo of the original memorial). This new memorial is dated 2008, the original one having been damaged beyond repair in 2006.













I tried to locate the remains of the old memorial which have been moved to Advie Cemetery. The cemetery has to be the most inaccessible cemetery that I have ever come across. It is accessed by going more than a mile along a bumpy unsurfaced former railway track bed, leading well out of the village. I gave up before reaching it, assuming I was in the wrong place, despite the signpost where I joined the railway track route. Now I am home and have seen its location on the OS map, I can see that it was not far beyond where I turned back.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ADP

Thanks for posting this. It's great to see so much effort taken to replicate the original memorial. The council could have taken the easy option and put the names on a simpler memorial but have gone to a great deal of expense.

It's just a shame we missed any news about this.

Regards

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adam Brown wrote:
ADP

Thanks for posting this. It's great to see so much effort taken to replicate the original memorial. The council could have taken the easy option and put the names on a simpler memorial but have gone to a great deal of expense.

It's just a shame we missed any news about this.

Regards

Adam


From the location of the old memorial it is quite likely that it was hit by a vehicle so they were perhaps able to get the cost of replacement paid by the insurance company.

I have put picture of the old damaged memorial on Canmore.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strange,

Some of those commemorated have their date & circumstances of death included; others not.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dhubthaigh wrote:
Strange,

Some of those commemorated have their date & circumstances of death included; others not.


I suppose it is easier to check things like that with all the various online sources.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JMB wrote:
dhubthaigh wrote:
Strange,

Some of those commemorated have their date & circumstances of death included; others not.


I suppose it is easier to check things like that with all the various online sources.

MB

The dates of death were on the old memorial too, so long before the internet.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:21 pm    Post subject: Excellent Reply with quote

Outstanding photography and great to see where the original memorial sits
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ADP wrote:
JMB wrote:
dhubthaigh wrote:
Strange,

Some of those commemorated have their date & circumstances of death included; others not.


I suppose it is easier to check things like that with all the various online sources.

MB

The dates of death were on the old memorial too, so long before the internet.

ADP


Checked a couple of names at random and they don't seem to be listed by CWGC.
Is this a Roll of Honour listing all who served as well as those who died?
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