Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Ross And Cromarty
Town
Dingwall
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 20 June 1922
    Attended by: Colonel Sir Hector Munro (Baronet) of Foulis
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13473

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Current location

Outside National Hotel
Roadside beyond the National Hotel
High Street
Dingwall
Ross And Cromarty
Highland
IV15 9HA
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 55197 58712
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Figure of soldier in kilted uniform holding rifle with bayonet mounted on stepped plinth. Two-stepped base leading to dedicatory inscription on stone tablet at base. Three tablets with names from the First World War centred above dedication. Tablets bordered by sculpted spears set into plinth. Plinth set in wall with two additional plaques with names from the Second World War on either side. Memorial reached by wide walkway enclosed with fence.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND MEN/OF THE ROYAL BURGH AND PARISH OF DINGWALL/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918 / AND 1939-1945/ HOW BLESS'D HOW GLORIOUS THEY WHO BRAVELY FALL,/ THEIR LIVES DEVOTED AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bain, Henry
Beattie, John E M
Bethune, W M
Bierman, Fredk.
Brown, John
Browne, John Mcswayde
Cameron, Chas. T
Cameron, I
Campbell, Donald
Campbell, Sweeton F
See details for all 130 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 97
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 97
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment
    Order of information: regiment THEN battalion THEN surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 32
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 32
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, initials of forenames
    Order of information: regiment THEN surname
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initial of forename, rank, service
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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