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Title
Portree War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 400 x W 200 x D 200 cm (E)
Accession number
IV51_DO_S156
Work type
War memorial
Custodian
Highland Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
16th February 1922
Listing date
05/10/71
Access
at all times
Access note
public parking is available next to the memorial
Inscription description
front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN CRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM / THE MAINLAND OF PORTREE PARISH AND FROM / SOUTH SNIZORT WHO DIED FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / ETERNAL HONOUR TO THE TRUE AND BRAVE / WHO FOR THEIR NATIVE LAND THEIR LIFE BLOOD GAVE / MAIRIDH AN GLIU GU BRATH; panel 1 (upper): 1939 - 1945 / SEA. JOHN MACRAE M.N. / C.P.L. MATTHEW MACRAE SEAFORTH. / PTE. DONALD MORRISON RIFLE BDE. / PTE. JOHN A. MUNRO CAMERONS. / SGT / P SAMUEL NICOLSON R.A.F. / GNR. SAMUEL NICOLSON R.A. / F / LT W.F.W. PORTEOUS D.S.O. D.F.M. BAR R.A.F.V.R. / SEA. LACHLAN ROBERTSON M.N. / PTE. IAN WHITEFORD R.A.S.C / SEA. ALEXANDER MACDONALD M.N.; panel 1 (lower): SOUTH SNIZORT / LIEUT. JOHN GRANT CANADIANS / " DONALD MURCHISON CAMERONIANS / CPL. MURDO FERGUSON CAMERONS / PTE. DONALD R. BUDGE " / "DONALD A. CUMMING " / " PETER GRAHAM " / " JOHN MURCHISON " / " ALEXR. MACLEOD " / "ALEXR. MACLEOD " / SGT ANgUS MACLEOD GORDONS / " MALCOLM MACLEOD LOVAT SCOUTS / PTE. ANGUS SUTHERLAND " / SGT.DONALD MACLEOD H.L.I. / PTE. DONALD MACDONALD " / " JONATHAN MACRAE " / " DONALD MACLEOD A. & S. / " JOHN FINLAYSON SEAFORTHS / " ALEX. MACSWAN " / " NORMAN MACLEOD CAMERONS; panel 2 (lower): SOUTH SNIZORT / PTE WILLIAM BAMBER SEAFORTHS / " NORMAN BEATON " / " ANGUS MURCHISON " / " PETER MACINNES " / " DONALD STEWART " / " ARCHIBALD NICOLSON CANADIANS / " ALEXR. MACPHERSON S. GUARDS / " DONALD A. SHAW R.S. FUS. / " NORMAN MACDONALD BEAKS. YEO / " ALEXR. FINLAYSON M.C. CORPS / GUNNER ALEXR. MACLEOD R. G. A. / B / SWAIN JOHN MACKENZIE R.N.R. / SEAMAN NORMAN GRANT " / " JAMES MATHESON " / " DONALD MACKENZIE " / " JOHN MACRAE " / " DON. J. MACDONALD H.L.I. / "PTE. RONALD MACDONALD CAMERONS / " DONALD MACRAE 11TH SCOTTISH RIFLES; panel 3 (upper): 1939 - 1945 / PTE. ALICE BUCHANAN A.T.S. / SEA. WILLIAM S.P.K. STEWART R.N. / KOREA / PTE. ALASTAIR M. ANNAN A. & S. H. Panel 3 (lower): BRAES / L. CPL PETER MACQUEEN CAMERONS / PTE. DONALD MACDONALD " / " JOHN MACDONALD " / L.CPL. DONALD MACMILLAN SEAFORTHS / PTE. EWEN BUCHANAN GORDONS / " ALEXR. NICOLSON " / " ALEXR. MACDONALD S. GUARDS / " ARCHIBALD MACINNES R.S. FUS. / " JOHN NICOLSON AUSTN. I.F. / " MURDOCH NICOLSON H.L.I. / " SEAMAN ALEXR. MACKINNON R.N. / " DUNCAN MACMILLAN " / " JOHN NICOLSON R.N.R. / SCONSER / PTE. JOHN MACKENZIE CAMERONS / SEAMAN MURDO MACLEOD R.N.R. / GUNNER SAMUEL NICOLSON R.G.A.; panel 4 (lower): PORTREE / PTE. JOHN MACDOUCALL CAMERONS / " JOHN MACFARLANE " / " JOHN MACKENZIE " / " KENNETH MACPHERSON " / " JOHN MACQUEEN " / " JOHN NICOLSON " / " MURDO NICOLSON " / " ALEXR. ROSS " / " JOHN STEWART " / C.O.M.S. JOHN MACINNES R.A.S.C. / SGT. CEORGE MACLEOD NORTHLD FUS / " ARCHIBALD FERGUSON CAMERONIANS / PTE. ALEXR. MACLEAN " / P.O. DONALD CUMMING R.N. / CPL. DONALD MACDONALD GORDONS / PTE. NORMAN BUCHANAN " / " ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE " / " EWEN MACKINNON SEAFORTHS. / L.CPL. DUNCAN TURNBULL R.E. / PTE JAMES BAKER H.L.I. / " KENNETH MACLEAN H.L.I. / " ANGUS MACQUEEN R. SCOTS / " WILLIAM ORME " / " LEWIS A.R. GILLANDERS M.G. CORPS / SEAMAN MARTIN MACKINNON R.N. Panel 5 (upper): 1939 - 1945 / STO. GEORGE BRUCE R.N. / W / O IAN N. DAVIDSON R.C.A.F. / SGT. WM. D. MACKENZIE R.A.F. / SEA. RONALD MACKINNON M.N. / SGT. NEIL A. MACLEOD R.A.F / DVR. NEIL MACLEOD R.A.S.C / PTE. NORMAN MACLEOD CAMERONS. / SEA. ARCHIBALD MACPHERSON R.N. / SEA HECTOR MACRAE M.N. Panel 5 (lower): PORTREE / LIEUT. COL. ANGUS ROSS O.B.E.LABOUR CORPS / MAJOR RONALD MACDONALD CAMERONS / CAPT JOHN MACDONALD M.C. / " JOHN ORME M.C. R.A.M.C. / LIEUT. ANGUS BAXTER CAMERONS / " JAMES A. SIMPSON R.A.F. / " JOHN W. SIMPSON BORDER R. / C.S.M. DONALD CAMERON CAMERONS / " WILLIAM ROSS " / SERGT. NORMAN BEATON " / DONALD MACLEOD " / CPL. JAMES BEATON " / " MURDO MACLEOD " / " CHARLES SINCLAIR " / L.CPL. WILLIAM MACDONALD " / " DONALD MACKENZIE " / " IAIN A. MACLEOD " / " WILLIAM TURNBULL " / PTE. DONALD CUMMING " / " JOHN M. FRASER " / " JOHN GRANT " / " MURDO GRANT " / " ALEXR. KENNEDY " / " JOHN KENNEDY " / " JOHN A. MACDOUGALL "