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PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:59 am    Post subject: Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty (WW1) Reply with quote

UKNIWM Ref: 44809
OS Map Ref: NGR NG 80526 75946

Situated just south of Gairloch on the side of the main road, on the right as you drive north.




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PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote




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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spotted this on the UKNIWM blog:

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The memorial in Garloch will be moving to a new site in due course as its current site is not only difficult to access but it has also been deemed unsafe according to the Highland Council.

The Highland Council carried out a public survey to gauge opinions about the move and the proposal was met with overwhelming support. The memorial is to be re-sited closer to the village’s Crasg car park but a date for its move is unknown as yet.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a book on google which has a list of the Fallen and a Roll of Honour for the area but as it is copyrighted material I am posting details of where it can be viewed:

Page 59 onwards:

http://books.google.com/books?id=1N9-mfTyl7MC&printsec=frontcover#PPA59,M1
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The book can also be downloaded from here:

http://www.archive.org/details/gairloch00polsiala

This version features some additions and errata not included in the other version.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PAT ANDERSON


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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:35 pm    Post subject: gairloch Reply with quote

The archivist in the Gairloch Heritage Musuem told me that there was some talk of the memorial being moved to a new location from the area that overlooks the beach . That was several years ago now so maybe the info in the previous updates is a step nearer to the move .

I recall that Lt Roderick Mackenzie , Black Watch is listed on a memorial in the Ross shire area


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:57 pm    Post subject: Relocation of Gairloch war memorial Reply with quote

The memorial was relocated - as anticipated - during August and September 2009.
The dis-assembly and rebuilding work was carried out by Martin Anderson Ltd.
M. Lawrie of the Highland Council supervised the work.
The memorial was re-dedicated at a well attended ceremony conducted by the local minister on 19th September 2009. An address was given by John Mackenzie of Gairloch Estate.
A piper played and wreaths were laid.
I will post some photographs when I figure out how to do it![/img]
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some photographs here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gairlochhigh/sets/72157622427525614/
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like a nice spot they found for the memorial
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John Mackenzie of Gairloch Estate gave an address



Waiting to cut the ribbon


The re-dedication


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the rededication







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PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a super location.
Well done to all concerned in getting the memorial into a safer and more accessible site.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:30 pm    Post subject: Pte. Alexander MacLean Reply with quote

WW1
STRATH
A. MacLean

(Glasgow herald 26th June 1915)
"Private Alick McLean, 1-4th Seaforths, was killed in action in North France on June 19. Private McLean was a carpenter to trade, and a native of Gairloch."

CWGC
MacLEAN, A
Rank: Private
Service No: 1631
Date of Death: 19/06/1915
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVII. D. 15.
Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Additional Information: Son of John and Catherine MacLean, of "Seaview," Strath. Gairloch, Ross-shire.

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Surname: MacLEAN
Forename: Alexander
Rank: Pte
Service number: 1631
Place of birth: Gairloch Ross-shire
Date of death: 19 June 1915
Theatre of death: F&F
Cause of death: Killed in action
SNWM roll: THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Other detail: 4th Bn.
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