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Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Caithness
Town
Latheron
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 13th October 1922
    Attended by: Sir Archibald H. M. Sinclair, Bart. of Ulbster, Lord Lieutenant of Caithness.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5951

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Current location

at entrance to cemetery car park
A99
Latheron
Caithness
Highland
KW5 6DN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: ND 20137 33474
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Granite figure of a Seaforth Highlander at the guard, on a tapered granite plinth atop two steps
Inscription
Front Face-TO/THE GLORY OF GOD/AND/IN EVERLASTING MEMORY/OF/THE MEN OF/FORSE, LATHERON AND LATHERONWHEEL/WHO FELL IN THE WAR/1914-1919/[names] Back Face-ALSO OF THOSE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945/[names]/[name]/KILLED MALAYA 17 FEB 1952
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Baird, C E
Budge, David
Campbell, D
Campbell, George
Campbell, George
Campbell, James
Campbell, Peter
Cormack, Francis S
Dunbar, Alexander
Dunbar, B
See details for all 40 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initial of forename, rank, regiment, manner of death
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 29
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 29
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, home village
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initial of forename, manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initial of forename, rank, regiment, year of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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