Tain War Memorial
OUT OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG, WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT. TURNED TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS.
1914- 918
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TAIN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.
List One
MAJ HUGH DUFF Lovat Scouts
MAJ WM ROBERTSON 4 Seaf
MAJ ARTHUR YOUNG Gurkhas
LT P. G. WOLFE MURRAY R.N.V.R.
CAPT J. HENRY BUDGE 4 Seaf
CAPT LORNE CAMPBELL Canadians
CAPT IAN MACKENZIE 5 Seaf
CAPT KEITH MACKENZIE 2 GDNS
CAPT PERCY M MACKENZIE 2 GDNS
CAPT ANDW B. ROSS R.A.M.C.
LT A. IAN D. CAMERON 2 Seaf
LT Wm CAMERON Transvaal
LT CHAS IRVINE Royal Scots
LT W. R. KENNEDY 4 GDNS
LT ERIC MACKENZIE R. F. A.
LT GEO A. MACKENZIE 8 GDNS
LT ALISTAIR MACRAE 5 Seaf
LT CHAS E. MACRAE 4 Seaf
LT" THOS MUNRO 7 Seaf
LT DON ROSS S Afr Scot
CSM D. A. MACKENZIE Canadians
CSM ROBERT MURRAY Canadians
CSM DON ROSS 10 GDNS
SGT W. ANDERSON 4 Seaf
List Two
SGT ALLAN CAMERON 4 Seaf
SGT ANDREW FRASER 4 GDNS
SGT DON FRASER Lovat Scouts
SGT ANGUS FRIDGE 4 Seaf
SGT ALEX GRAHAM 4 Seaf
SGT D. R. HEPBURN 5 Seaf
SGT J. MACGILLIVRAY 4 Seaf
SGT SIMON MACKENZIE 4 Seaf
SGT A. WALLACE MUNRO Canadians
SGT JAMES ROSS 4 Seaf
SGT JOHN ROSS 4 Seaf
SGT ROBERT ROSS 4 Seaf
SGT DAVID URQUHART R. Scots
CPL WILLIAM FRIDGE 4 Seaf
CPL CHARLES GORDON 4 GDNS
CPL GEORGE GRAHAM 4 Seaf
CPL JAMES MACDONALD 5 GDNS
CPL EWART MACKAY R S F
CPL ALEX. MACKENZIE 4 Seaf
CPL D. A. MACKENZIE R Dragns
CPL WILLIAM MUNRO Canadians
CPL HUGH ROSS 4 Seaf
CPL ALEX SCLATER 2 Camerons
CPL WM SUTHERLAND Seaf
L/CPL KENNETH ROSS 6 Camerons
List Three
L/CPL J CAMPBELL Australians
L/CPL WM CHRISTIE Lewis G C
L/CPL ALEX LEARMONTH 4 Seaf
L/CPL W McCULLOCH 2 Seaf
L/CPL A MACKENZIE 4 Seaf
L/CPL MAL MACLEAN 12 R Sc
L/CPL COLIN MACRAE 4 Seaf
L/CPL JAMES MUNRO 4 Seaf
L/CPL JOHN MUNRO 7 Camerons
L/CPL JOHN NICOL Essex Rgt
L/CPL JAS SANGSTER 4 Seaf
PTE JOHN ADAMSON 4 Seaf
PTE W BRUCE Vancouver Seaf
PTE K R CAMERON Australians
PTE H CAMPBELL A AND S H
PTE T CAMPBELL 3 Seaf
PTE MAL CHRISTIE 4 Seaf
PTE JAMES CORMACK 4 Seaf
PTE JOHN EWING 3 Seaf
PTE THOS EWING 4 Seaf
PTE A FARQUHAR 4 Seaf
PTE DON FORBES 4 Seaf
PTE JAS FORBES 4 Seaf
PTE WM FORBES 2 Seaf
PTE WM GRAHAM 4 Seaf
List Four
PTE JAS GRANT PO Rifles
PTE A HARPER RAMC
PTE JOHN HENRY 4 Seaf
PTE J MACDONALD 2 GDNS
PTE ALEX MACKAY 4 Seaf
PTE ANDW MACKAY Lovat Scouts
PTE FRED MACKAY 3 Seaf
PTE HUBERT MACKAY 4 Seaf
PTE LACH MACKAY Australians
PTE J A MACKAY 4 Seaf
PTE MUNRO MACKAY 4 Seaf
PTE W MACKAY Australians
PTE J MACKENZIE 4 Camerons
PTE J D MACKENZIE S Afr Sc
PTE J G MACKENZIE Seaf
PTE R C MACKENZIE HLI
PTE W MACKENZIE Australians
PTE W J MACKENZIE S Afr Sc
PTE ALEX MACLEOD 4 Seaf
PTE G MACLEOD Canadians
PTE G MATHESON 4 Seaf
PTE R MICHAEL 4 Seaf
PTE G MITCHELL 4 Seaf
PTE D J MORRISON 4 Seaf
List Five
PTE DONALD MUNRO M G C
PTE KENNETH MUNRO 4 Seaf
PTE JAS NESS Lovat Scouts
PTE D A PATIENCE 4 Seaf
PTE J PERCY 4 Seaf
PTE JAS ROBERTSON HLI
PTE ANDREW ROSE Seaf
PTE ALEX ROSS RAMC
PTE ALEX ROSS 4 Seaf
PTE ANDW ROSS 4 Seaf
PTE DONALD ROSS Seaf
PTE HECTOR ROSS H L I
PTE JAMES ROSS 6 Seaf
PTE JOHN SKINNER 4 Seaf
DMR J G SUTHERLAND 4 Seaf
SAPPER A THOMSON R E
DVR H G URQUHART Ross M B
PTE MATTHEW URQUHART Canadians
PTE ROD URQUHART S Afric
PTE JAMES WATT 4 GDNS
PTE P WILLIAMSON 4 Seaf
PTE RON WILLIAMSON 4 Seaf
PTE THOS WILLIAMSON 4 Seaf
1939-1945
List One
PTE J BIRNIE 4 Seaf
CPL G CHRISTIE A/Corps
F/O G R DAVIDSON RAF
SGT J DAVIDSON RAF
AB K J EWEN Merchant N
PTE A M FORSYTH 4 Seaf
List Two
AC/2 C FOX RAF
AC/2 A M FRASER RAF
A S FRASER Dutch H G
PTE J K FRASER Black Watch
CPO A D GRANT RN
List Three
CPO R R GRANT RN
CSM C MACKAY WAE
PTE H MACKAY 4 Seaf
F/O J G MACLEOD RCAF
SGT Pilot R M MACLEOD RAF
List Four
P/O W R D MACLEOD RAF
CSM J R MOYES 7 Black Watch
PTE J MUNRO Army Air Corps
FUS J H ROBERTSON R S F
AC/1 F ROSS RAF
List Five
L/CPL W D ROSS 7 Seaf
TPR W U ROSS Lovat Scouts
AB M ROSS RN
PTE T D SUTHERLAND 4 Seaf
SGT F TOUGH RAF
PTE W WILLIAMSON 5 Seaf
The Ross-shire Journal of 8 July 1922 reported as follows:
In the Old Church of St Duthus, a historic building dating back to the 14th century, the people of Tain and district have placed the first part of their tribute to the memory of the men who fell in the Great War. It takes the form of a massive brass tablet, seven feet high by four feet wide on a marble slab erected on the north wall of the Church. A total of 122 names is inscribed on it. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Col Sir Hector Munro of Foulis, Bart, Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty. A Guard of Honour was provided by the 4/5th Seaforth Highlanders, who were camped on the Mhorrich Mhor. Mr Alexander MacBain accepted custody of the memorial on behalf of the Tain Guildry Trust.