
ESHANESS
WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Michael Peck 2008
The Eshaness
war memorial is to be found inside Eshaness Old Churchyard, Shetland.
It takes the form of a rough hewn, rectangular granite stone with
an ornate, polished, carved face. There are four names for World War
1 and one for World War 2. Besides those on the memorial there are
several other military graves in the cemetery.
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Photograph
Copyright © Michael Peck 2008 |
1914-1918
WAR
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
CHEYNE |
Harry |
Major.
D Battery, 189th Brigade, RFA. Died 10th July 1917, aged 34 years.
Son of Harry and Dora Chiene Cheyne of Edinburgh, husband of Anne
Violet MacMillan Salvesen Cheyne of Edinburgh, Scotland. Writer
to the Signet. Commemorated Dickebusch New Military cemetery Extension.
II.D.26. |
WISHART |
Angus
M |
Private
S/17704. 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action
28th August 1917. Born Northmavine and enlisted Lerwick, Shetland
Islands. Commemorated Aeroplane Cemetery. I.B.28. |
MOUAT |
Thomas |
Boatswain,
Mercantile Marine. SS ‘Baron Ailsa’ (Ardrossan). Died 9th May
1918, aged 53 years. Son of (the late) Peter and Grace Mouat.
Born Shetland Islands (place unspecified). Commemorated Tower
Hill Memorial. |
CHEYNE |
Arthur |
Boatswain
on memorial.
Possibly
Arthur Cheyne. Boatswain, Mercantile Marine. SS ‘Corsham’ (London).
Died 8th March 1918, aged 59 years. Son of (the late) James and
Jane Cheyne. Born Brecon, Wales. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial.
or
Arthur Duncan Cheyne. Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine. SS ‘Jacona’
(Dundee). Died 12th August 1915, aged 25 years. Son of Andrew
and Christina Cheyne. Husband of Catherine Cheyne (nee Thompson)
of 67 Prince Regent Street, Leith, Scotland. Born Shetland Islands
(place unspecified). Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial. |
ANDERSON |
Joseph |
Seaman
577/L, Shetland Section, Royal Naval Reserve. Died 7th June 1916,
aged 24 years. Son of Mrs Isabella Anderson of Hamnavoe, Eshaness,
Shetland Islands. Commemorated Eshaness Old Churchyard.
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1939-1945 |
ANDERSON |
Robert
William |
Sailor,
Merchant Navy. MV ‘Empire Comet’ (Greenock). Died 19th February
1942, aged 22 years, Son of James and Harriet Anderson of Eshaness,
Shetland Islands. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial. Panel 39. |
Erected
by the people of Eshaness. |
Buried
in cemetery but not on memorial. |
ANDERSON |
George
Angus |
Ordinary
Seaman LT/JX342342, Royal Naval Patrol Service. HM Motor Minesweeper
1054. Died 24th April 1945, aged 22 years. Son of John and Adalena
Anderson of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Commemorated Eshaness Old
Churchyard.
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WEALTHALL |
Arthur
Ronald |
Able
Seaman C/JX407036, Royal Navy. HMS ‘Bullen’. Died 6th December
1944, aged 19 years. Son of John Harold and Marguerite Wealthall
of Beeston, Notts. Commemorated Eshaness Old Churchyard.
[Headstone dedicated by mother, father, family and Gwen].
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Last
updated:
16 November, 2008
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