Ackergill and Hempriggs Estate

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Reference WMO/165326

Address:

North Road (A99)

Wick

KW1 4DN

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A granite obelisk surmounted by an urn finial. The memorial has inscriptions of 19 names for WW1 listed by rank, regiment, forename and decorations. For WW2 there are 5 names commemorated. It is roadside in front of an industrial estate which may once have been something else but is now a dreary location for a memorial which may explain its somewhat unloved appearance. Whether this is even the original site is a matter for conjecture. The 2017 photos are not helped by the weather on that day.
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Front Face- ERECTED/BY THE PEOPLE OF/THE ACKERGILL/AND HEMPRIGGS ESTATE/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF/THEIR GALLANT SONS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WARS/FOR THE SACRED CAUSE/OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,/LIBERTY,/AND FREEDOM/1914-1919/1939-1945/REMEMBER US/THOU WHO PASSEST BY/FROM OUR DEAD HANDS THY LIFE/AND FREEDOM CAME 2 other faces- [WW1 names] 4th face- 1939-1945/[names]

WW1- 9 o'clock face- Cpl. John Ross, Seaforth Highlanders/ L.Cpl. Benjamin Donn, M.M., Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. Alexander Doull, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. Thomas Hood, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. George G. McLeod, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. William Sinclair, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. Daniel Sutherland, M.M., Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. James Sutherland, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. John B. Sutherland, Seaforth Highlanders/ Pte. Forbes H. McDonald, Scots Guards/ Hugh G. Calder, Royal Sussex Regiment/ 3 o'clock face- Bomb. James A. Gowans, R.G.A./ Lieut.Commander Kenneth James Duff Dunbar, D.S.O., R.N., H.M.Submarine E.16/ Capt. William Calder, Naval Auxiliary Transport/ Col.Sgt. David Bremner, H.M.S. Powerful, R.M./ A.B. George Harper, R.N.R., H.M.S. Arondale Castle/ A.B. David Miller, R.N., H.M.S. Goliath/ Cpl. Thomas Mowat, Australian Imp. Force/ L.Cpl. Donald Allan, Cameron Highlanders/ 1939-1945- 9 o'clock face- Captain Kenneth James Duff-Dunbar, 5th Seaforth Highlanders/ Flight-Sgt. Murray Swanson Munro, R.A.F./ Flight-Sgt. Alexander Gordon, R.A.F./ 3 o'clock face- Bombardier David Spence, Royal Tank Corps./ Gunner C. Swanson, 15th L.A.A.Regt., R.A.

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