DRIMNIN
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Les Horn 2016
The
memorial is to be found on the B849 from Lochaline beside the Ferinish
Church of Scotland Church, in Morvern Parish, Lochaber, Scotland. It
takes the form of a Celtic cross mounted on grey brick plinth, affixed
to which is a dedicatory tablet and the whole has a one stepped base.
The memroial is dedicated to the twelve men who gave their lives in
World War 1.
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IN
MEMORY OF
THOSE FROM THE FERINISH END OF
THE PARISH OF MORVEN WHO DIED
FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 --- 1918
| KILLUNDINE |
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| FERGUSON |
James |
Serjeant
73848, 42nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action
27 September 1918. Aged 26. Enlisted Manchester, resident Nerven,
Argyll. Son of Hugh and Jessie Ann Ferguson. Formerly 3914. Manchester
Regiment. awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10. |
| CAMERON |
Angus |
[Listed
on memorial as Private, Machine Gun Corps] Private 94892, 5th Battalion,
Tank Corps. Killed in action 3 October 1918. Born Morven, Argyllshire,
enlisted Dumfries. Formerly 1294, Lanarkshire Yeomanry. Buried in
BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot VII. Row D. Grave
1. |
| McKINNON |
Alex |
Private
S/20977, 1/5th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action 1 August 1918. Born Killundine, enlisted
Morvern, resident Drimnin. Buried in OULCHY-LE-CHATEAU CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 9. |
| GLENMORVERN |
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| GILLIES |
Hugh |
Deck
Storekeeper, SS Echunga (Port Adelaide), Mercantile Marine. Drowned
at sea 5 September 1917 when his ship was torpedoed. Aged 30.
Born 1887 in Morvern. Son of Donald and Mary Gillies, of South
Lodge, Cameron Estate, Dumbarton. Last known address Cameron HOuse,
Balloch. No known grave, Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL,
London.
Echunga,
built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough in 1907
and owned at the time of her loss by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.,
Ltd, was a British tanker of 6285 tons a defensively-armed Australian
Merchant ship, requisitioned by the Admiralty. On 5 September
1917, Echunga, en route from Port Arthur, Texas to England with
a cargo of fuel oil, was sunk by the German submarine U-52 (Hans
Walther), 40 miles N by E of Ushant (Ouessant). Nine personnel
were lost. She had been originally built as a cargo ship but was
converted to a tanker with cylindrical tanks in holds in 1916.
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| McARTHUR |
John |
Memorial
lists him as Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery - no further information
currently available |
| CAMERON |
Duncan |
Lieutenant,
9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion (Territorial), Princess Louise's
(Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) attached to Base Depot (Camiers),
Machine Gun Corps. Died 5 December 1918. Aged 24. Son of Ewen and
Jane Bowie Cameron, of 15, Argyll Square, Oban, Argyllshire. Buried
in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XLV. Row
A. Grave 11. |
| GILLIES |
William |
Private
S/17034, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron HIghlanders. Killed
in action 25 September 1915. Born and resident Morvern, enlisted
Larachbeg, Morvern. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 119 to 124. |
| STEWART |
John |
Private
S'th Highlanders |
| DRIMNIN |
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| MacDONALD |
Donald |
Private
184078, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 15 August 1917. Aged
26. Born 25 October 1891. Son of Mrs. Isa Macdonald, of The Gardens,
Drimnin, Oban, Scotland and the late John MacDonald. Hospital Orderly
by trade. Unmarried. Attested 28 December 1915 at Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, aged 24 years 2 months, height 5 feet 6 inches, girth 38
inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light brown, religious
denomination Unitarian. Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 3. National Archives of Cnada
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6712 - 44 |
| MURDOCH |
William C Burn |
Private,
Canadian Infantry |
| ROBERTSON |
John |
Gunner,
Royal Garrison Artillery |
| CAMPBELL |
John |
Private,
Cameron HIghlanders |
HIS
NAME SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER
Last
updated
21 May, 2016
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