Lt Daniel Watson MacDonald McCabe

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Reference WMO/305074

Address:

Abercairny House Garden

The Abercairny Estates

A85

Nr Crieff

PH7 8NQ

Scotland

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Tree/s
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Tree(s)
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A remarkable story fully covered in the attached media links. Lt McCabe emigrated from Perthshire to Saskatchewan and joined the Canadian Army in WW1 (40% of that army were of Scots heritage.) While on duty on Hill 60 (Ypres) in May 1916 (see Comment of 7/8/2025 below) he noticed a small clump of spruce seedlings which had somehow survived in No Man's Land. He pulled nine and sent them to he father Martin McCabe, a gardener at Ardvreck in Perthshire. Shortly after, Lt McCabe was killed at Vimy Ridge. His father auctioned one of the trees for £5 for the Red Cross. It was bought by the then owner of Abercairny Estates and planted, with a small dedicatory plaque. It is now an immense tree. A bench has been erected around the tree which has been visited by descendants of Lt McCabe. Please see Comment of 28/7/2025 below regarding ownership, location and access.
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Spruce seedling pulled up on hill 60 May 1916 by Lt D. McCabe. 5th Canadians. Sent home to his father Martin McCabe, gardener, Ardvreck, Crieff."

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