Captain Sir John E Fowler and Captain Alan Fowler

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Reference WMO/229023

Address:

Opposite the Caledonian Hotel

Argyle Street/Quay Street junction

Ullapool

IV26 2UG

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Lamp or Lighting
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: An ornate street lamp with four clock faces surmounted by a weather vane. Originally created in memory of Sir J. Arthur Fowler (died 1899), plaques were later added to the plinth to commemorate the deaths of his two sons in the First World War. The lamp was originally at Shore Street.
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East Face: IN MEMORY OF / SIR J ARTHUR FOWLER / (2ND BARONET) / OF BRAEMORE / WHO DIED MARCH 25TH 1899 / AGED 44 / 'READY TO DO GOOD, KIND TO MAN , STEADFAST, SURE' / WISDOM 7.23 North Face: ALSO IN MEMORY OF/SIR ARTHUR FOWLER'S SECOND SON/CAPTAIN ALAN FOWLER 2ND BATTALION/ QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS./BORN INVERBROOM, LOCH BROOM ON 22ND FEB. 1887./KILLED WHILE COMMANDING A COMPANY IN THE/FRONT TRENCH OF HILL 60 IN FLANDERS ON 28TH APRIL 1915./HIS COLONEL WROTE 'HE DIED A SOLDIERS DEATH TODAY/WHEN HOLDING THE TRENCH IS A DIFFICULT & IMPORTANT POSITION./I CANNOT SPEAK TOO HIGHLY OF THE TRULY GALLANT WAY IN WHICH HE HAD BEHAVED./THE GENERAL WROTE OF HIM 'HE WAS A FIRST RATE SOLDIER,/A GOOD COMRADE, POPULAR WITH OFFICERS & MEN ALIKE.' West Face: THIS CLOCK IS ERECTED BY / SIR ARTHUR FOWLER'S FRIENDS / IN REMEMBRANCE OF / HIS UNFAILING DEVOTION / TO THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE / OF THE PEOPLE OF LOCH BROOM. South Face: ALSO IN MEMORY OF/SIR JOHN EDWARD FOWLER 3rd BARONET OF BRAEMORE/CAPTAIN 2ND BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,/ADJUTANT OF THE 4TH BATTALION SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,/BORN AT INVERBROOM LOCH BROOM ON 21ST APRIL 1885/KILLED BY SHELL FIRE IN THE TRENCHES AT RICHEBOURG/ L'AVOUE IN FRANCE 22ND JUNE 1915. HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES./HIS BRIGADIER GENERAL WRITES 'HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY BEST/YOUNG OFFICERS I EVER MET AND AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OTHERS'/ONE OF HIS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WROTE 'HE ENDEARED/HIMSELF TO ALL WHETHER UNDER HIM OR OVER HIM. HE WAS THE/GUIDE, ADVISER & HELPMATE OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE BATTALION.'

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