Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Sutherland
Town
Lochinver
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 27 October 1921
    Attended by: Brigadier General Sir Walter C Ross of Cromarty
  • Dedicated
    Date: 27th October 1921
    Attended by: Revs. Messrs. Finlayson. MacKenzie and MacKinnon
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5917

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Current location

Village Green
Culag Road (A837)
Lochinver
Sutherland
Highland
IV27 4JY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NC 09434 22871
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Kilted highland soldier in tam o' shanter with rifle raised 'at the ready', standing on rough hewn stone plinth. Plinth bears names on inset tablets. all mounted on rough hewn stone tapering base. Note that the contemporary image shows the memorial once had railings, presumably removed in the WW2 scrap metal drive. Note also that all attached images are now out of date following the restoration work of June 2018. War Memorials Online has a series of images taking the story forward in stages from 2012 to immediately before restoration.
Inscription
12 O'Clock face, plinth: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1918 (Names) 12 O'Clock face, tablet: ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names) 3 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names) 9 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names) 6 O'Clock face, plinth: (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aird, John
Bower, Robert
Campbell, Donald
Fraser, Hugh
Gordon, David B
Graham, Donald
Graham, Hugh
Graham, Kenneth
Graham, Murdo
Hughson, David J
See details for all 80 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 16
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, service, forenames, surname
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 60
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 60
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    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, rank, service
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, service
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Detail
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Detail
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
  • Fence/ Railing
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
History
In 2017-18, a Centenary Memorials Restoration Fund award through War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £6,680 for conservation and repair works. The memorial had a number of either cracked or open constructions joints and the inscription was difficult to read as the paint finish deteriorated. The grant funding has assisted in re-pointing the memorial with a lime mortar as well as undertaking cleaning and re-painting the incised inscriptions in white to match the original- work completed 17-24 June 2018
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.

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