79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - Sudan and Egypt

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Reference WMO/80298

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Academy Street

Inverness

IV2 3PY

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Figure sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
About the memorial: This is a commemorative memorial to those killed in Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1887)The memorial comprises a three stepped square base surmounted by a tapered plinth and figure of a Cameron Highlander with a rifle in one hand, the butt of which rests on the ground. A figure of a sphinx rests on a step behind the feet of the Cameron Highlander. The memorial is believed to have been sculpted by George Wade.
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6 o'clock face: TEL-EL-KEBIR/ KILLED AT TEL-EL-KABIR/ (Names)/ DIED AT CAIRO/ (Names) 3 o'clock face: KHARTOUM/ (Names)/ 79TH/ THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS/ ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND MEN, PAST AND PRESENT, IN MEMORY OF THEIR/ COMRADES WHO DIED IN EGYPT/ 1882 - 1887/ NOMINAL ROLL OF OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND MEN WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION, OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR/ DISEASE CONTRACTED IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN 9 o'clock face: ATBARA 1892/ KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS/ (Names)/ DIED OF DISEASE/ (Names)/ KOSHEH/ KILLED UP THE NILE/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: GINNISS/ (Names)

Killed at Tel-El-Kebir Cpl William Cattanach/ Privates Robert Brown/Alexander Denniston/George Rugg/John Hyslop/William Simon/George Crawford/Thomas King/Donald Cameron/William Smith/James Pollock/Alexander Paterson/William Bodel/David Murray/Alexander Murray/William McKenzie Died at Cairo Capt Wedderburn C Halkett/Sgt William McPherson/Sgt John McGregor Grant/Sgt James Guthrie/Privates Duncan McLeod/Cpl James Douglas/Cpl Daniel Cochrane/L Cpl Robert Glen/L Cpl Walter Smith/Private James Ireland Khartoum top of panel 2nd Sept 1888/Killed and died of wounds L Cpl A Allen/Pte T Hughes/Pte A Miller Died of Disease Sergt J Pollock/Cpl D Peebles/L Cpl W Grindlay/L Cpl W Robson/Privates W Hitchcox/S Coppen/J Murray/J Mc Andrew/A McKenzie/A Barr/A Brown/J Buckeridge/J Dow/C Ford/D McKenzie/J McFarlane/J McLennan/A Slater/C Clifton/R Hay Egypt Foot of panel ATBARA 8th April 1898 Killed and died of wounds Major R F L Napier/ Major D C Urquhart / Captain C Findlay /Cpl D McLeod/ L Cpl A Micklethwaite/C Cpl T Cullen/Piper J Stewart/Privates W Bartlett/W Williamson/R McKee/J Monachan/I Taylor/F Chesworth/R Wilkinson/W Galloway/J Fleming/E Tooley/ J Markham Died of disease Privates W Cooper/D Kerton/T Taylor/G DaCosta/T Cameron/T Cross/W Cuthbert/G Stacpole/P McLeod/E Brown Kosheh at foot of panel Killed up the Nile Lieutenant William Gordon Cameron/Colour Sergt Andrew McEwan Gray/Colour Sergt John Wells/Lance Sergt Arthur Hartley/Corporal Gregor Cattanach/Piper Alexander McDonald/Drummer Thomas Clelland/Privates William Hatch/James Trimble/Thomas Gollan/Thomas Farrington/David McKenzie/John Kennedy/John McLaren/David Hogg/Joseph Stevenson/Alexander McLeod/Alexander Addie/John McGregor/John Bennett/Charles Murray/William Davidson/John Gagan/William Pridgeon/William Robinson/James McLeod/Henry Hall/Hugh Craig/James Slater/ John McLaggan Ginniss Privates William Semple/David Urquhart/David Thow/Thomas McCabe/John Reeves/Michael Dodd/William Robertson/Michael Naughton/William Brown/James Wilson/John Smith/James Cameron/Thomas Dodds/Michael Carrigan/Alexander Kidd/William Morrison/Hugh McKay/John Grant/Robert McRae/John McLaggan/James Bridge/Charles Roberts/William Gow/John Hamilton/Robert Mills/Donald McGillivray/Donald McKenzie/William Cawte/William Elliott/James Kennedy/Alexander Kelly/James McCourt/Peter Queen/William Maden/Boy William Rolls

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