The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Keptie

Ive just been in Inverness visiting the famous second hand book shop called Leakeys in Church Street INVERNESS . Its in a former Free kirk in that street since the 1970s .

Just doors away from Leakeys book shop is THE OLD HIGH CHURCH ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH OF SCOTLAND and I found that the church itself was
OPEN FROM-

12 NOON UNTIL 2PM until the end of SEPTEMBER

( THE LEAFLET I was given by the duty guide shows open SUMMER MONTHS FROM OF JUNE, JULY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER )

INSIDE THE CHURCH are a number of WW1 memorials to casualties from the congregation and also one to MAJOR GENERAL DOUGLAS WIMBERLEY , Cameron Highlanders and 51st Highland Division fame at El Alamein (Tartan Tam he was called of course ). THERE is another military memorial on a staircase that the duty guide for that day showed me .

ALSO inside the church is the recently UNVEILED CAMERON HIGHLANDERS MEMORIAL at the side of the church :

1) The memorial has a Wood - Glass screen
2) wooden cross for 6th Bn Queens Own Cameon Highlanders : officers NCOs and Men dated 15th Sept 1916 who fell at the Capture of MARTINPUICH .
3) Cameron Highlanders REGIMENTAL COLOURS that were laid up from the 6th & 7th (Service ) Bns on 19 Sept 1920 and the 7th (Special Reserve) Bn laid up 19 Sept 1965
4) In this Memorial area they have the Roll of Honour for the Great War and WW2

(Ive never found the church open on my visits to Church Street but the churchyard and War Memorial on the outside of the church is normally open.

Patrick w anderson