Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Inverness
- Town
- Morar
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th August 1925
Attended by: Lord Lovat - Dedicated
Date: 17th August 1925
Attended by: Rev. Thomas Shanks, B.D., United Free Church and Rev. D. M. Sinclair, Church of Scotland - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Kilchuimein Cemetery Entrance Gateway
North of Morar village on the old road towards Mallaig (now a cul-de-sac off the B8008)
Morar
Inverness
Highland
PH 40 4PA
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NM 67708 93757
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stepped arch gateway to cemetery. Inside gateway are two bronze plaques, one on each side. Made of local stone. Also a bronze plaque commemorating Charles Lyons MM and Bar who appears to have served in WWI and died 1941.
- Inscription
- Plaque inside left side of arch: In grateful memory of the men of this district who gave their lives in the Great War/ (names) Plaque inside right side of arch: In grateful memory of the men of this district who gave their lives in the 1939-1945 Great War/ (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Caldwell, John Hay
Cameron, John
Campbell, Donald
Gillies, Donald
Gillies, John
Grant, Archibald
Macdonald, Hugh
Mackintosh, Angus
Mackintosh, John
Maclean, Roderick
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, forename, rank
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- Condition
- Morar Archway Memorial
- WMO ID: 175907
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 13-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Sunday Post - Sunday 23 August 1925
- Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 12 September 1925 Page 6 RECKLESS DRIVER Report of road accident on 17th Auguat 1925'---
- Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 29 August 1925 Page 3 MALLAIG WAR MEMORIAL. IN THANKFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR. (names) ---
- warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2538
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