The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

dhubthaigh · Last edited by dhubthaigh on Thu May 14, 2009 6:24 pm; edited 1 time in total

This looks a cracking memorial and it will be easily identified by a visit to Inverness Town Hall. However I'm posting it here to see if anyone has any thoughts on it's title.

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAT ANDERSON

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject:

Looking at the names I think we've got memorials for some of the men already. Quite a few toffs in there by the looks of it.

How about the Highland Society of London?

Adam

dhubthaigh · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

Adam Brown · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Lt.-Col. Lord Ninan Edward Crichton-Stuart is listed on the Kingarth War Memorial, Island of Bute. He was the son of the 3rd Marquess of Bute

Lt.-Col.Stewart MacDougall is listed on the MacDougalls of Lunga Memorial Croabh Haven, Lorn, Argyll

Captain the (11th) Earl of Seafield is listed on the Rothes, Grantown on Spey and Cullen War Memorials

dhubthaigh · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

Major The Lord George Stewart-Murray is commemorated at Blair Atholl;
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=540

Lieut. The Hon. Arthur M. Kinnaird is commemorated at Inchture;
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1465&highlight=inchture

Roxy · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject:

The Earl of Seafield is also commemorated on the memorials at Elgin and Birnie (and possibly a few more!)

Roxy
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Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan.

Adam Brown · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject:

Here are some details on the other names.

Maj The Hon. Sir Schomberg Kerr McDonnell QOCH was born in Glenarm, County Antrim, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. He served as private secratary to Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. He fought in the Boer War and was knighted in 1902. He died at Ypres in 1915.
Given his Irish heritage I'd be surprised if he is on any other Scottish memorials.

McDONNELL, The Hon. Sir SCHOMBERG KERR
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 54
Date of Death: 23/11/1915
Awards: G C V O, K C B
Additional information: Fifth son of Mark, 5th Earl of Antrim, and Jane, his wife, of Glenarm, Co. Antrim.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 7.
Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

Captain James Logan Mackie was James Logan Mackie, Younger of Glenreasdell. Glenreasdell is near Skipness in Argyll but he is lised on the Dundonald War memorial in Arshire.

MACKIE, JAMES LOGAN
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Ayrshire Yeomanry
Unit Text: 1st/1st
Age: 24
Date of Death: 27/12/1917
Additional information: Son of Sir Peter J. Mackie, 1st Bart., of Corraith.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 95.
Cemetery: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel

He is also commemorated on a grave in Troon Cemetery.

Captain Douglas E Brodie. His family had Brodie Castle near Forres but I haven't found his name on a Moray war memorial yet.

BRODIE, DOUGLAS EDWARD
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
Unit Text: 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.
Age: 43
Date of Death: 17/08/1916
Additional information: Son of the late Hugh Brodie of Brodie, and Lady Eleanor Brodie, of Brodie, Brodie Castle, Forres.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. C. 12.
Cemetery: CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Capt William Mackinnon was another Irishman serving in a Scottish regiment and so is unlikely to be listed elsewhere on this forum.

MACKINNON, WILLIAM
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish)
Unit Text: 1st/14th Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 11/05/1917
Additional information: Son of Duncan Mackinnon, of Ballinahill, Leix; husband of Mrs. L. V. Mackinnon, of 50, Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 23.
Cemetery: TANK CEMETERY, GUEMAPPE

kinnethmont · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1649 Location: Aberdeenshire

Capt James Ogilvie Grant, 5th Cameron Highlanders, 11th Earl of Seafield is commemorated at Cullen, Banffshire. The Seafield family home was Cullen House.

He is not the first named there, but appears among the Rank and File. The foundation stone of the Cullen Parish War Memorial was laid by his widow, Nina, Countes, of Seafield in 1920.
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Keptie · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Inverness Town House

Sorry for the pic that's had its top cut off and I did not make any notes on my visit at the INVERNESS TOWN HOUSE .

Patrick W Anderson

stuartn · Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551

This is WMR report 44579.

There is a nice photograph of it here-http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/258211-war-memorials-in-inverness-town-house/