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Recent articles on war memorials from Highland Newspapers

 
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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:36 pm    Post subject: Recent articles on war memorials from Highland Newspapers Reply with quote

I did a search on the Scottish Provincial Press Ltd website which has online articles from several Highland newspapers. I was loking for recent articles about war memorials and I found several of interest. Two new memorials are listed, another is about a memorial being vandalised and the last is about an old photo of an unveiling from 1905.

Unveiling of Jervis Bay memorial at Wick in Caithness

From the John O’Groat Journal

http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/2247/Local_heroes_honoured_in_Jervis_Bay_ceremony.html


Unveiling of a Burma Star Memorial in Inverness

From the Inverness Courier

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1409/Memorial_to_Far_East_wartime_dead_.html

Vandalism of the RAF Memorial at Boyndie

From the Banff-shire Journal

http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1071/Vandals_strike_at_memorial.html


Article about the South-African War Memorial in the Nelson Tower, Forres

From the Forres Gazette

http://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1124/The_fallen_of_South_Africa_remembered.html

Here is a list of the men named from the article:

Captain Alistair Brodie of Brodie, Privates Robert Jenkins, Charles Mitchell, James Scott, Alexander Watson and Alexander Williamson, Seaforth Highlanders;

Captain F.T.H. Thurlow Cumming Bruce, Black Watch;

Corporal William Wilson, Scots Guards;

Lance-Corporal John MacRae, Gordon Highlanders;

Private James Sutherland, Cameron Highlanders;

Trooper Andrew Grant, Lovat Scouts;

Trooper John Ledingham, Imperial Light Horse

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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I looked up a couple of the names of the Forres Boer War Memorial on the Redcoat Officers Died website. Both of them died at Magersfontein.

BRODIE - Captain Alastair William Mathew
Seaforth Highlanders
Killed at Magersfontein. 11th Dec. 1899. Aged 28.
Son of Hugh Brodie, of Brodie Castle, Forres and Lady Eleanor Ducie. Born April 1871.
Served in Hazara 1891 (medal and clasp), Chitral 1895 (medal and clasp). Served in the Royal Niger Constabulary 1897-8 against slave raiders.

CUMMING-BRUCE - Captain James Frederick Thurlow
2/Black Watch
Died of wounds at Magersfontein, 11th Dec. 1899. Aged 32.
Son of Lord Thurlow. Born in 1867.
Husband of Cecily Clifton.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alastair Brodie's medals were auctioned at Spink in 1999 and fetched 6,000 pounds.
Here is a picture of him:



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:02 am    Post subject: Brodie... From "The Last Post" Reply with quote

Mildred Dooner's "The Last Post" includes the following"

Alastair Brodie was killed in action at Magersfontein December 9th, 1899. He was the second son of Hugh Brodie of Brodie Castle, Forres, and of Lady Eleanor, daughter of Henry, second Earl of Ducie, was born in April 1871 and educated at Winchester. Passing out with honours from the Royal Military College, he joined the Seaforth Highlanders in 1890, was promoted Lieutenant in 1892 and Captain 1898. He served in the Hazara Expedition in 1891, with the second Battalion receiving the medal with clasp. He also saw service with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low, in 1895, was present at the engagement at Mamagai, and received the medal with clasp. He was specially employed in West Africa in 1897-98, in the Royal Niger Constabulary against the Slave Raider, Prince Arku, and distinguished himself in the attack on Kirn, where his horse was shot under him, and in storming the town, he was reported as the first man to scale a wall eight feet high. In South Africa Captain Brodie was adjutant of his battalion and served with it up to the action in which he fell. He was killed close to the Boer trenches. His body was brought back to the M odder River and buried there.

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