Cromarty Parish

Cromerty - Taken by Leslie 01 Jun 2015

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Cromerty - Taken by Leslie 01 Jun 2015

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Cromarty - Taken by Leslie 01 Aug 2017

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Blue plaque, not a memorial in its own right in Church Street, about the role of James Thomson MD, in the Crimean War, on the side wall of Gardiner and Gardiner, antiques - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 25 Aug 2021

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Reference WMO/204270

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Cromarty Cemetery

The Paye

Cromarty

IV11 8YT

Scotland

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace

Description: Other monolith

Materials:

Stone Granite

Lettering: Leaded

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)

About the memorial: The memorial is situated at the rear of the town cemetery, and is accessed by a footpath from Denny Road around North side of cemetery towards the Gaelic Chapel The memorial consists of a three stepped base surmounted by a square column in the shape of a tower with a crenelated top. Inscription tablets are set into the front face of the tower. Four canons jut out from the top corners of the column. The memorial has inscriptions of 45 names for WW1 and 33 names for WW2.

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Also at the town cemetery there are a number of identical gravestones to seamen who are presumably buried there, who died on ships before WW1. They are: William James Bradley, Ship's Corporal 152786 HMS Majestic, died 24 Mar 1908 aged 33 George Thomas Briggs, Able Seaman, 217558 HMS Princess Royal, died 25 Aug 1913 aged 28 John W Evans, Boatswain, HMS Vindictive, died 9 Oct 1908 aged 49 George Henry Haines, Stoker, 307781 HMS Dreadnought, died 15 Oct 1911 aged 26 Frederick William Kirkaldie, Able Seaman, 212236 HMS Shannon, died 27 Sep 1910 aged 25 Henry Atherton Netherwood, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Cochtane, died 12 Mar 1908 aged 17 Lawrence O;Connor, Stoker, SS109315, HMS Bellerophon, died 7 Jun 1914 aged 25 Charles Poole, Private, PO/8705 RMLI, HMS Queen Mary, died 15 May 1914 aged 35 Frederick Southern, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Bulwark, died 20 Sep 1909 aged 18 James Gillone Stewart, Petty Officer, 169474, HMS Earnest, died 21 May 1908 aged 31 Harry Sweeney, Musician, RMB/132, HMS Achilles, died 18 Aug 1913 aged 44 Harry Webb, Able Seaman, J5987, HMS Laurel, died 18 Jun 1914 aged 21 John Wilmot, Leading Stoker, 276123, HMS Hope, died 25 Mar 1913 aged 38 an unknown seaman of HMS Hindustan Carmelo Bezzina, Officers Steward, 122057 HMS Larne, died 15 Nov 1912, aged 46, plus several private gravestones for such deaths- William T Baker, SPO, HMS King Edward VII, died 21 Apr 1911 aged 33 Private Max John Bradford, Private, RMLI HMS Indomitable, died 9 Jun 1912, aged 23 Frank Earnes, HMS Centurion, died 19 Oct 1913, aged 20 Ernest Edward Ferriday, HMS Cochrane, died 8 Sep 1910, aged 20 Donald Holland, Gunner, HMS Neptune, died Sep 1911 Frederick W Missen, Chief Engine Room Artificer, HMS Indefatigable, died 1 Oct 1911 aged 39 William Newton junior, HMS Magnificent, drowned 12 Sep 1908 aged 27 Charles Rowe, Stoker, HMS Skirmisher, died 13 Apr 1909 aged 28 John Robert Smith, Signaller, HMS Boadigea, killed cycling at Rosemarkie, 26 Aug 1911 aged 26

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1914 - 1918/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (45 names)/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945/ (33 names)

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WW1- Archibald Bain/ Norman Bain/ John Cameron/ John A. Campbell/ Robert F. Copland/ James Farquhar/ Donald Finlayson/ Donald Finlayson/ Robert Finlayson/ Daniel Fraser/ George Hogg/ James Hogg/ Robert Hogg/ Alexander Hossack/ James Hossack/ Thomas Hossack/ George Innes/ William MacDonald/ James R.G. Mackay/ Colin MacKenzie/ Kenneth MacKenzie/ Donald M. MacKenzie/ Norman MacLean/ Walter D. MacLean/ Duncan MacLeod/ John MacLeod/ James MacLeman/ Robert W. MacLeman/ Alexander MacRae/ Hugh MacTavish/ John MacTavish/ John Reid/ Andrew Ross/ James D. Shepherd/ Hugh Skinner/ James Skinner/ William Skinner/ James D. Smith/ Donald Thomson/ Andrew Watson/ John Watson/ John N. Watson/ Thomas Watson/ William Watson/ The Hon. Peter R.H. Willoughby/ WW2- James S. Clements/ Thomas Dingwall/ Thomas J. Ferguson/ James Finlayson/ David Gilmour/ Allan Grant/ James H. Grant/ James A.D. Guise/ James Hossack/ Ernest G. Jack/ James A. Jack/ Walter E.D. Johnstone/ John MacDonald/ John MacLean/ Alistair R. MacLeod/ Murdo MacRae/ Alexander R. Patience/ Alexander Pringle/ James Scott/ William Scott/ Alexander Shepherd/ Douglas Shepherd/ Alexander Skinner/ Ernest Southall/ Alexander Thomson/ Victor Urquhart/ Alexander Watson/ Andrew Watson/ Charles Watson/ David Watson/ James S. Watson/ Robert Watson/ William Watson

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