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Strathpeffer in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Contin War Memorial

 
 
Contin War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 31, 2018
1. Contin War Memorial
Inscription.
“Is e dia ar Tearmunn”
To the Glory of God & in Memory
of our Sons, our Brothers, and
Our Friends from this parish
who fell in the Great War —
1914 – 1919
Somerset Yeomanry —
  Captain Robert Ernest English, Scatwell
7th Queen’s Own Hussars —
  Captain Carlyon W. Mason-MacFarlane, Craigdarroch
Seaforth Highlanders —
  Corporal Alick Matheson, Tarvie
  Lce Corporal Alick Ross, Torachilty
  Private Hugh Mavkensie, Torachiltyside
  Private Alick MacLean, Riverside
  Private Donald Chisholm, Moybridge
Scots Guards —
  Sergeant Hugh Tolmie, Contin
Cameron Highlanders —
  Private John Stuart, Little Moy
  Private Hugh K. Stuart, Little Moy
  Private Alex. Stuart, Little Moy
Machine Gun Corps —
  Private Norman MacLeod, Jamestown
Black Watch —
  Piper D. Stewart, Elsick
Royal Engineers —
  Sapper George Mackensie, Wester Moy
Hampshires —
  Private Christopher Macrae, Kinellan
  Private John Maculay, Altnabreac
  Canadian Infantry —
  Private Peter Macrae, Kinellan
In the day of the ordeal they endured, not counting
the cost for the sake of righteousness and truth
they
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rendered the supreme sacrifice — their life.
We here highly resolve that these dead, shall not have died in vain.
1939 — 1945
Scots Guards
  Captain Ian K. Matheson, Little Scatwell
Seaforth Highlanders
  Lce. Corporal George Robertson, Kinnahaird
  Private Donald Urquhart, Riverside
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 57° 33.975′ N, 4° 34.727′ W. Marker is in Strathpeffer, Scotland, in Highland. Memorial is at the intersection of Scotland Route A835 and Scotland Route A834, on the left when traveling south on State Route A835. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Strathpeffer, Scotland IV14 9ES, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Urqurhart (Ross) War Memorial (approx. 8.5 kilometers away); Muir of Ord (approx. 9.1 kilometers away); Dingwall Great Wars Memorial (approx. 9.8 kilometers away); Sergt. John Meikle (approx. 9.8 kilometers away); Seaforth Highlanders Memorial (approx. 9.8 kilometers away); Dingwall Boer War Memorial (approx. 9.8 kilometers away).
 
Contin War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 31, 2018
2. Contin War Memorial
Contin War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 31, 2018
3. Contin War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 30, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.

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