GLENCOE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Les Horn 2005
The
Glencoe War Memorial is in the form of a wheeled cross on a tapered
pillar standing on a plinth containing the names and inscriptions.
Interestingly the memorial declares the Second World War from 1938 to
1945.
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Photograph
Copyright © Les Horn 2006 |
ERECTED
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF GLENCOE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
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HOWARD |
Robert
Henry Palmer |
Second
Lieutenant, The Honourable, 4th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion,
East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 21. Son
of R. J. Bliss Howard, F.R.C.S., and Baroness Strathcona and Mount
Royal, of 46, Green St., Park Lane, London, W. Buried in POTIJZE
CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section
E. Grave 27. See also Ballachulish and
Glencoe |
CONNOR,
MM |
Angus |
[Listed
as Q.M.S.] Sergeant 3924, Scots Guards. Killed in action 21st August
1918. Born Carnock, enlisted Edinburgh, resident Kingcussie. Awarded
the Military Medal (M.M.). BUried in MOYENNEVILLE (TWO TREE) CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 2. See also Ballachulish
and Glencoe |
BROWN |
George |
[Listed
on memorial as Corporal and SDGW as Private] Lance Corporal 2341,
1st/8th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders).
Killed in action 13th November 1916. Aged 28. Enlisted Ballachulish.
Son of George Brown, of Achnacone, Glencoe, Argyllshire. Buried
in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row G. Grave 1. See also Ballachulish
and Glencoe |
BUCHANAN |
John |
Private.
Canadians. No further information currently available. See also
Ballachulish and Glencoe |
BUCHANAN |
Duncan
Allan |
Private
1837, 1st/8th Battalion, Princess Lousie's (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders). Died of wounds 6th July 1915. Aged 20. Born Appin,
enlisted Oban. Son of Thomas Walters Buchanan and Jane Allan Buchanan,
of 67, Victoria Park Drive, South Scotstoun, Glasgow. Born at Colisnacon,
Glencoe. Buried in ST. JOHN EPISCOPALIAN CHURCHYARD, BALLACHULISH,
Argyllshire. See also Ballachulish and
Glencoe |
MacDONALD |
Allan |
[Spelt
McDONALD on SDGW and CWGC] Private 4/9689, 2nd Battalion, Princess
Lousie's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action 25th
September 1915. Aged 34. Born Lismore, enlisted Stirling, resident
Glencoe. Son of Dunean and Isabella McDonald, of 8, Upper Carnoch,
Glencoe, Argyllshire. Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 5. See also Ballachulish
and Glencoe |
MacINNES |
John
Lachlan |
[Listed
as John F on memorial and as MCINNES on CWGC and Ballachullish Memorial]
Private 3372, 1st/8th Battalion, Princess Lousie's (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders). Died 6th January 1916. Aged 20. Born Lismore, enlisted
Ballachulish, resident Glencoe. Son of Hugh and Mary McInnes, of
Alltanrigh, Glencoe, Argyllshire. Buried in FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 1. See
also Ballachulish and Glencoe |
MacMILLAN |
William |
Private.
Canadians. No further information currently available. See also
Ballachulish and Glencoe |
MATHIESON |
John |
Private.
Royal Scots. No further information currently available. See also
Ballachulish and Glencoe |
RANKIN |
Dugald |
Private
S/23263, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs,
the Duke of Albany's). Killed in action 20th December 1917. Aged
19. Born Tayfuirst, Glencoe, enlisted Stirling. Son of Dugald and
Catherine Rankin, of 11, Tayfuir St., Glencoe, Ballachulish East,
Argyllshire. Formerly 1/5256, 39th Training Reserve Battalion. Buried
in WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row H. Grave 7. See also Ballachulish
and Glencoe |
SMYTH |
Alexander
H |
Private
9351, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Died of wounds 31st July 1917.
Aged 21. Born Athboy, Co. Meath, resident Mullingar, Co. Westmeath,
enlisted Ballachulish, Argyllshire. Son of James and Mary Smyth,
of The Gardens, Killua, Clomnellon, Co. Westmeath. Native of Dowestown,
Cavan. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row J. Grave 19. See also Ballachulish
and Glencoe |
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DILEAS
GU BAS
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FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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1938 - 1945
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MacINNES |
Alexander |
Private
2986501, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died
as a prisoner of war of the Japanese 31st March 1942. Aged 24. Son
of Dugald MacInnes, and of Annie MacInnes, of Glencoe, Argyllshire.
Buried in CHERAS ROAD CIVIL CEMETERY, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. Grave
792. See also Ballachulish and Glencoe

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