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Killearnan War Memorial

Two views from the Memorial.

At 6.00 am on Sunday 11 November 2018 young piper Ben Martin (16) played The Battle's O'er in tribute to those from Killearnan and Fettes who gave their lives in World War 1.

Later that morning dozens of local people gathered at the War Memorial to join the Rev Susan Cord and members of the community council to commemorate those who had died in armed conflicts.

The centenary of the end of World War 1 was marked by reading the names of the fallen, their resting places or memorials in France and Belgium and their homes in the parish, where known.

Readers included a group of teenagers as well as other residents. Nine of the dead had attended Tore Primary School and the present day pupils designed and made medals to express their gratitude to that lost generation. These were placed at the Memorial along with wreaths from the community, the church, Highland Council, and the Noble family who suffered the loss of three sons.

The commemoration ended with Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen, who was killed a week before the Armistice was signed.

Killearnan War Memorial

In Greatful Remembrance Of The Men Of This Parish Who Gave Their Lives For King And Country In The Great War 1914-1919

PTE. JOHN CAMPBELL 2 SEAFORTH HRS.
PTE. CHARLES MACLEOD "
PTE. JAMES NOBLE 4 "
L/CPL CHARLES A. MACRAE "
PTE. WILLIAM MACKENZIE 5 "
L/CPL. DUNCAN MACKINTOSH 6 "
L/CPL. ALEXANDER NOBLE 1 CAMERON Hrs
SERGT. KENNETH FRASER 2 "
PTE. HORACE J. CHAPMAN "
PTE. WILLIAM MACKAY   4 "
PTE. RODERICK MACLENNAN "
CPL.   KENNETH NOBLE   5 "
PTE.   JOHN F. MACKENZIE   7 GORDON Hrs
PTE.   DUNCAN FRASER "
L/CPL.   RODERICK NOBLE   HIGHLAND L.I.
PTE.   FARQUHAR FRASER   2 SCOTS GUARDS
PTE.   MURDO MACRAE   ROYAL SCOTS
PTE.   JOHN MACDONALD 12 "
CPL.   DUNCAN MACDONALD MACHINE GUN CORPS
PTE.   WILLIAM MACKENZIE "
PTE.   JAMES C. CAMPBELL 13 KINGS LIVERPOOL
2/ LIEUT.   DUNCAN MACLEAN   OTAGO INFANTRY
CPL. CHARLES S. MACDONALD   13 CANADIAN HRS.
PTE.   JOHN MACKENZIE   4 U.S. INFANTRY

IS CIAN A BRIOS LUAIBH AIR NA SUINN

And Of Those Who Gave Their Lives In The Second Great War 1939-1945

C.S.M. CHARLES ELDER   5th SEAFORTH HRS
Pte   FINLAY CAMPBELL   2nd CAMERON HRS
Lt. Col   IAN PATRICK GRANT   5th          ''
P.O.   DONALD MATHESON   M.T.B. SECT. ROYAL NAVY
Sub Lieut   JAMES GREGOR RIGGS   R.N.V.R.
Sergt.   M. C. MACMENEMY   LOVAT SCOUTS