Melness

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Reference WMO/228973

Address:

Achuvoldrach Cemetery

Melness, Tongue

IV27 4YR

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A pillar with a finial on top. There are inscriptions of 19 names for WW1 listed by surname, rank, forename and regiment and 4 names for WW2, also listed by rank, surname, forename and regiment- at the north end of the cemetery, just inside the gateway.
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6o'clock face: Erected / IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF THE HEROES & HEROINE / FROM THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 ALSO/ OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (Names) 3o'clock face: (Names) 9o'clock face: (Names)

The names in alphabetical order-names in alphabetical order: 1914-1918- BARNETSON , John , Quartermaster Sergeant , Royal Engineers/ CAMPBELL , David , Lance Sergeant , 16th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force/ MacKAY , Donald , Lance Corporal , Lovat Scouts/ MacKAY , Mackay , Lieutenant , Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry/ MacKAY , Robert , Ordinary Seaman , Royal Naval Reserve/ MacKAY , George W , Private , 16th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force/ MacKAY , Allan , Private , 6th Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacKAY , John , Private , 10th Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders/ MacKAY , Kenneth , Private , 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders/ MacKENZIE , James , Private , New Zealand Expeditionary Force (MGC)/ MacKENZIE , Joseph , Private , New Zealand Expeditionary Force/ MacKENZIE , Sinclair H , Private , Lovat Scouts/ MacKENZIE , Isabella , Nurse , Queen Alexandra's Imp. Military Nursing Service/ MacKENZIE , John A , Private , Scots Guards/ MacKENZIE , John C , Private , Royal Engineers/ MacPHERSON , Murdo , Private , 14th Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders/ MUNRO , Joseph , Ordinary Seaman , Royal Naval Reserve/ POPE , James , Ordinary Seaman , Royal Naval Reserve/ RANKINE , Donald H , Private , 43rd Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force/ 1939-1945- GUNN , Robert A , Lance Corporal , Royal Engineers/ MacKAY , Angus G , Corporal , Lovat Scouts/ MORRISON , Martin , Driver , Royal Army Service Corps/ MUNRO , John R , Driver , Royal Army Service Corps

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