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Cawdor Parish Church WW1 Memorial

 
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:58 am    Post subject: Cawdor Parish Church WW1 Memorial Reply with quote

Inside Cawdor Parish Church there is a WW1 Marble Tablet, which has 34 names in two columns.

This is WMR report 77568 which includes images. It reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD+IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO FOUGHT, AND IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1814-1919

Lt Col The Hon Eric D Campbell DSO
Capt Charles G K Campbell
S Maj James Bruce DCM
Sergt John McPherson
Corpl Alexander Fraser
Corpl David J Fraser
Corpl James McGregor
Corpl William McGregor
Corpl Robert MacKenzie
L Cpl Duncan A Clark
L Cpl John Hossack
L Cpl Kenneth Urquhart
L Cpl Alexander Webster
L Cpl Robert Webster
Pte Adam Cameron
Pte Robert S Chapman
Pte John C Clark

Pte Stuart M Clark
Pte John C Douglas
Pte Alexander Falconer
Pte John Fraser
Pte Alexander MacDonald
Pte John Macintosh
Pte John Macintosh
Pte Duncan D Macleod
Pte Alexander Moir
Gnr Ebenezer K Morrison
Pte David Ross
Pte Donald Russell
Pte Thomas Russell
Gnr Peter B Shaw
Pte Archibald McG Smith
Pte Andrew Vass
Pte John M Watson

" THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

An account of the unveiling (by Brodie of Brodio DSO, Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire) on 7 November 1920 is in the Aberdeen Press and Journal of 9 November 1920
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 5:56 am    Post subject: James Bruce CSM GH DCM Reply with quote

James Bruce CSM 10744 DCM 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders b Methlick 31 May 1891 e Aberdeen Age 25 Died of Wounds F&F 25 Aug 1916 Son of Mr & Mrs Adam Bruce, Nairn. Husband of Grace Bruce, 7 St Mary's Rd; Colchester, Essex. 1911 Census: Colchester Age 20 Pension Ledgers : Wid: Grace Elsie Bunton Child Grace. Soldiers Will 4 Pages. Mo: Elsie Duncan. The Scotsman 23-6-15 P10 Dundee Evening Telegraph 23-6-15 P5 ADJ 19-9-16 P3: Colchester St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens Fr 300 Plot III Row A Grave 8
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 6:05 am    Post subject: Kenneth Urquhart L/col GH Reply with quote

Kenneth Urquhart L/col 4041 1/4th Bn Gordon Highlanders b 1886 Brightmony, Auldearn e Aberdeen Age 30 Died of Wounds F&F 8 Apr 1916 Son of Alexander & Elsie Urquhart, Sandalane, Cawdor, Nairn. Peterhead Roll of Honour. Employed in Peterhead Prison. Soldiers Effects. Pension Ledgers: Guardian: Christina Fraser& Alexander Urquhart (Child).ADJ 17-4-16 P3 Nairnshire Advertiser 2-4-16 3/4 Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Fr 95 Plot I Row A Grave 31
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 6:17 am    Post subject: John Fraser Pte GH Reply with quote

John Fraser Pte 2nd Gordon Highlanders b Cromdale e Nairn Age 22 Killed in Action F&F 2Apr 1917 Son of John Fraser, Newlands of Broomhill, Cawdor, Nairn. Pension Ledgers: Fa: John. ADJ 15-5-17 P3 The Scotsman 15-5-17 P6 H A C Cemetery, Ecoust-St Mein Fr 0568 Plot III Row C Grave 23
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