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jamiemcginlay
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 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject: Ardersier, Inverness-shire (T) |
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Ardersier - Inverness District
Ardersier war memorial is a tapering grey granit column set on a tapering pedestal and square base. A wreath with crossed sword and rifle is carved in relief on the upper face.
The photographs were supplied by Terry MacDonald
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I have this transcription of Ardersier
ARDERSIER
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918.
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE GALLANT MEN FROM THIS PARISH
AND VILLAGE OF ARDERSIER.
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
SERGT MAJOR THOMAS H. BENTLY A.I.F
GEORGE BAIN CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. DONALD CARR CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. ROBERT FORBES CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. DONALD HENDERSON DCM CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. GEORGE MACKINTOSH CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. ANGUS MACKINTOSH CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. ROD. R. MACGILLIVRAY CAMERON HLDRS
Pte. ALBERT MACLELLAN CAMERON HLDRS
NORTH FACE
PTE. DUNCAN MACLENNAN CAMERON HLDRS
PTE. WILLIAM NORRIE CAMERON HLDRS
PTE. ROBERT REID CAMERON HLDRS
PTE. HUGH REID CAMERON HLDRS
PTE. JAMES C. TULLOCH CAMERON HLDRS
LANCE CORPL. GEORGE MACLELLAN CAMERON HLDRS
LANCE CORPL. WILLIAM G. NICHOLSON CAMERON HLDRS
CORPL. HUGH TULLOCH CAMERON HLDRS
PTE. ANGUS CLARKE SEAFORTH HLDRS
PTE. WILLIAM GUNN SEAFORTH HLDRS
PTE. CHARLES MUNRO SEAFORTH HLDRS
SERGT MAJOR WILLIAM ROSS SEAFORTH HLDRS
SOUTH FACE.
PTE. WILLIAM FRASER GORDON HLDRS
SERGT. MARTIN MALLOY H.L.I.
PTE. JOHN MACLENNAN H.L.I.
PTE. CHARLES RATCLIFFE H.L.I.
PTE. GEORGE CAMERON CANADIANS
PTE. HERBERT J.P. MUIR CANADIANS
PTE. EVAN FRASER A.S.C.
PTE. ALEX MACLEAY ROYAL SCOTS.
PTE. JOHN K. SMITH SCOTS GUARDS.
CORPL. JAMES S. MURRAY R. E.
SEAMAN ALEX SUTHERLAND R. N. T. H.
DRIVER JOHN MACLEOD R. A. M. C.
1939 THESE ALSO SERVED AND GAVE THERE ALL 1945.
ASHER, COLIN D. RAF
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM J RN
GLASS, WILLIAM SEAFORTHS
GRANT, JAMES CAMERONS
GREGORY JAMES J. R.A.F.
JOHNSTONE, BENJAMIN CAMERONS
JOHNSTONE, JAMES A&SH
MACDONALD, RONALD CAMERONS.
MACDONALD, THOMAS RC. of SIGNALS.
MACDONALD, WILLIAM G. L. R.N.
MACDONALD, WILLIAM A.& SH
McKENDRICK, DOUGLAS GREEN HOWARDS.
SMITH, JAMES R.A.F
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Roxy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Some piccies:
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Remembering my ggf, Pte Thomas Roberts, 10 SR, killed 25 Sep 15 at Loos.
Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan. |
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Roxy
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Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan. |
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Roxy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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The memorial is on the main drag on the left as you enter the village - I'll try to check an OS map when I get a moment.
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Remembering my ggf, Pte Thomas Roberts, 10 SR, killed 25 Sep 15 at Loos.
Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan. |
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Roxy
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Duplicate photo's I know - not my fault that Jamie got there first! 
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Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan. |
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Roxy
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NH 784 548 GB Grid
It's there or thereabouts!
Roxy 
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Adam Brown
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I looked up Smn Alexander Sutherland RNRT on CWGC and it gives this entry:
Name: SUTHERLAND, ALEXANDER MAIN
Initials: A M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trimmer Cook
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M. Drifter "Great Heart."
Date of Death: 24/09/1915
Service No: 421TC
Additional information: Son of Ellen Main Sutherland, of 114, High St., Ardersier, Inverness-shire, and the late James Sutherland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 10.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
RNRT stands for Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section
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Roxy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: RNRTS |
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Adam,
I don't suppose that you have any idea what the Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section did?
Roxy
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Adam Brown
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Roxy
I only found out about them yesterday but it looks like the RNR Trawler Section was the forerunner of the Royal Naval Patrol Service of the Second World War. The RNRT existed bewteen 1907 and 1921.
Fishermen who were in the RNR would crew their own trawlers as auxiliary Navy vessels. These would then help protect the fishing fleet and carry out minesweeping and anti-U-boat duties.
I'll see if I can find some good links to other web pages about this service.
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glendale
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Location: Ardersier
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| Adam Brown wrote: | I looked up Smn Alexander Sutherland RNRT on CWGC and it gives this entry:
Name: SUTHERLAND, ALEXANDER MAIN
Initials: A M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Trimmer Cook
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Unit Text: H.M. Drifter "Great Heart."
Date of Death: 24/09/1915
Service No: 421TC
Additional information: Son of Ellen Main Sutherland, of 114, High St., Ardersier, Inverness-shire, and the late James Sutherland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 10.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
RNRT stands for Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section
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If any of your members are interested, I have a lot of information on this family, and also on the other men who are commemorated on this memorial.
Just as a matter of interest, the mine was laid by German Submarine UC-6. Quite a lot of information here – http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1671
Of possibly more local interest though, is the story of the Great Heart itself. Both boat and engine were built in Inverness in 1911 at the Rose Street Foundry in Academy Street. She was a Steam Powered Drifter Number –INS-238
HMD Great Heart, built by Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co., Inverness in 1911 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy drifter of 78 tons.
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jrah60
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Christine,
We would be more than happy to accept your offer of providing more information on the men commemorated on the memorial.
John |
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