Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Skye And Lochalsh
Town
about 1 mile north of Shiel Bridge
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 15th July 1922
    Attended by: Sir Colin Macrae, Rev. D. Macrae MacIennan
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
57261

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Current location

Clachan Duich
the Clan Macrae burial ground
St Dubhthacs Church (Ruin)
A87
on the north side of the bridge over the head of Loch Duich
about 1 mile north of Shiel Bridge
Skye And Lochalsh
Highland
IV40 8HN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NG 94697 21077
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Marble tablet
Inscription
ALEXANDER WILLIAM URQUHART MACRAE / M.A. (OXON), L.L.B. (EDIN) /WRITER TO THE SIGNET, EDINBURGH / ONLY SON OF HORATIO ROSS MACRAE, OF CLUNES / CAPTAIN, 5TH ROYAL SCOTS (QUEEN'S EDINBURGH RIFLES) / HE LANDED AND SERVED WITH THE 29TH DIVISION /AT CAPE HELLES GALLIPOLI PENINSULA / BEING TWICE WOUNDED / THEREAFTER HE SERVED IN FRANCE / WHERE HE WAS AGAIN TWICE WOUNDED / HE FELL IN ACTION AT PARVILLERS, FRANCE / ON 11TH AUGUST 1918.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Macrae, Alexander William Urquhart
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, additional, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • held in the Department of Printed Books, IWM

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