The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Keptie

I cant see any mention on this index so thought I should mention that on the STV news this weekend just past Sunday 23 August 2015, Kilted Prince CHARLES , Duke of Rothesay attended the CABRACH CAIRN , LOWER CABRACH Aberdeenshire and laid a wreath to the thousands of casualties from the surrounding area who were lost in the Great War .

The community built the cairn from stones from the surrounding fields to show the death that was in that area of that county .

(Patrick W Anderson)

anne park · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:58 am Post subject: I will see if I can get photos

My pal Stuart was going I will see if he has any photos.
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Researching WWI info from Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire & Morayshire.

spoons · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:15 am Post subject:

see also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-34034324

\Paul

Keptie · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:51 am Post subject: aberdeenshire war memorial WW1

I wonder as this is not listed in the Aberdeenshire war memorials for WW1 would it be able to be put with that ABERDEENSHIRE war memorials instead of in the General lists pl

kind regards

pat w Anderson

Kenneth Morrison · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:07 pm Post subject:

Pat - Cabrach appears in the Moray Civic Memorials section
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3080&highlight=cabrach
but I'm not sure enough about the geography to say which county is correct.

I posted the unveiling of the cairn earlier.
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Ken

Adam Brown · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:

Cabrach is now in Moray Council area so is included in the Moray section.

The parish of Cabrach used to be in Banffshire before 1975 - then becoming part of Grampian Region when it was formed. When Grampian Region was broken up in the 1990s three new councils were formed and two - Moray and Aberdeenshire - used former county names but with new boundaries. Poor old Banffshire did not reappear and its former parishes were split between Moray and Aberdeenshire. Cabrach is one of the parishes that became part of Moray.

Thanks

Adam