Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Lochaber
- Town
- Ballachulish
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Palestine (1918-1948)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4 August 1923
Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel Ian Campbell of Airds, Commanding Officer of 8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - Dedicated
Date: 4th August 1923
Attended by: Rev. Mr. Hamilton (Kilmarnock) (in the absense of Rev, Alexander Boyd, Parish Minister). Prayers by Rev. Mr. McLeod and Benediction by Rev. Mr. Sclater. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5893
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Current location
Park at St John's Church car park and 200 yards walk down road on pavement.
South Side of the A82 between Loch Bridge and the Village
Ballachulish
Lochaber
Highland
PH49 4JP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NN 07001 58390
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Kilted soldier of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in Tam O'Shanter, pack and kit, standing with his head bowed and arms reversed leaning on a tree stump. Made of Lettermore and Dumfries Granite. Mounted onto a stone plinth and elevated roadside platform.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM BALLACHULISH AND GLENCOE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 / "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE / ONE LEAVES BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" / BALLACHULISH / (names / GLENCOE / (names) / "DILEAS GU BAS" "TRUE TILL DEATH" 1939-1945 (Names) (Name) KILLED IN PALESTINE 1948
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Black, Duncan
Boughton, Alan Charles
Brown, George
Buchanan, Duncan A
Buchanan, John
Cameron, Alastair
Carmichael, John
Carmichael, John
Connor, Angus
Crawford, Alexander
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forename, home village
Order of information: home village THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, service, rank
Order of information: surname - Palestine (1918-1948)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: height 13 feet
Materials: Granite - First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Condition
- BALLACHULISCH & GLENCOE
- WMO ID: 140249
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MHG50522 - Ballachulish And Glencoe War Memorial her.highland.gov.uk/monument/MHG50522
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=125&mforum=warmemscot
- Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 11 August 1923 Page 5 BALLACHULISH AND GLENCOE WAR MEMORIAL. (image) UNVEILED BY LT.-COL. IAN CAMPBELL, 8TH ARGYLLS. H. M. SCRIVENS, OBAN. In Memory of the Men from Ballachulish and Glencoe who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918 "To live in the hearts of those one leaves behind is not to dies." (names) ---
- Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 21 July 1923 Page 1 BALLACHULISH AND GLENCOE WAR MEMORIAL. THE UNVEILING. ---
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Canmore ID 288141 Ballachulish And Glencoe War Memorial canmore.org.uk/site/288141/ballachulish-and-glencoe-war-memorial
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