Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Nairn
Town
Cawdor
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
Maker
FINE ARTS PUBLISHING CO LTD (Printer)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
78333

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Current location

On South side of B9090 in West side of the village
Cawdor Parish Church
Cawdor
Nairn
Highland
IV12 5XP
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 84362 49947
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Previous locations
  • United Free Church
    Culcharry
    Nairn
    Highland
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NH 86072 50318
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Printed roll of honour with names hand written. Roll has a decorative border of oak leaves. The shields of Canada, Ireland, Wales, and India are illustrated in the left hand border and the shields of Australia, Scotland, New Zealand and Africa are illustrated in the right hand border. The lower border has shields, cannons and drums, while the upper border has two warships. Nothing to indicate if any died but there is a list those killed in the Kirk Sessions (attached as a document).
Inscription
Top: THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL IN DEFENCE OF A "SCRAP OF PAPER". Centre: Cawdor United Free Church/ THIS DOCUMENT IS A TRANSLATION AND FACSIMILE OF THE SIGNATURES FROM THE ORIGINAL TREATY OF 1831/ GUARANTEEING THE INDEPENDENCE AND NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM, WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SIX/ POWERS IN THE FAMOUS TREATY OF 1839, THE BREAKING OF WHICH BY GERMANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE/ PRESENT WAR WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE/ THE "SCRAP OF PAPER"/ ARTICLE II/ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND/ HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA, KING OF HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA, HIS MAJESTY / THE KING OF THE FRENCH, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS, DECLARE, THAT THE ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THE PRECEEDING ARTICLE, ARE CONSIDERED AS HAVING THE SAME FORCE AND VALIDITY AS IF THEY WERE TEXTUALLY INSERTED IN THE PRESENT ACT, AND THAT THEY ARE THUS PLACED WITH THE GUARANTEE/ OF THE SAID MAJESTIES/ ARTICLE VII/ BELGIUM, WITHIN THE LIMITS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLES I, II AND IV, SHALL FORM AN INDEPENDENT AND PERPETUALLY NEUTRAL STATE. IT SHALL BE BOUND TO OBSERVE SUCH NEUTRALITY TOWARDS ALL OTHER STATES. (SIGNED AND SEALED BY) PALMERSTON BRITISH PLENIPOTENTIARY/ SYLVAN VAN DE WEYER BELGIAN PLENIPOTENTIARY/ SENFTT AUSTRIAN PLENOPOTENTIARY/ H. SEBASTIANI FRENCH PLENIPOTENTIARY/ BULOW PRUSSIAN PLENIPOTENTIARY/ POZZI DI BORGO RUSSIAN PLENIPOTENTIARY. Lower edge: Facsimile of the treaty, by special permission of the Foreign Office, To Aid The Prince of Wales' National Relief Fund. (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allan, Norman
Allan, Ronald
Birnie, Peter
Chisholm, John
Chisholm, Wm.
Clark, James
Cumming, John G.
Falconer, Alexander
Falconer, Duncan
Falconer, George A.
See details for all 42 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 33
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 33
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank (for officers), regiment
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, service
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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