Dingwall Folk

Attribution: unknown (Greenhill street  in Dingwall looking North)

Alexander (Sandy) Glass

Alexander (Sandy) Glass arrived in Dingwall in 1977 as the newly-appointed Rector of Dingwall Academy.

23 Rev Alexander Glass, OBE, MA, Dip.Ed.

Attribution: unknown

Neil McKechnie

Neil McKechnie came to Dingwall in 1969 as head teacher of Dingwall Primary School.

25 Neil McKecnhie, MBE, MA, Dip.Ed. 1919-2014

Attribution: unknown

D D (David) Macdonald

In 2017 the Dingwall History Society unveiled a plaque adjacent to the obelisk in Cromartie car park in memory of David Macdonald (“DD” to his friends). A former depute rector of Dingwall Academy, who was instrumental in identifying what is presently known as the Cromartie car park as the site of the Viking parliament in Dingwall. The plaque was unveiled by his widow Sandra and son Kenneth.

26 David Macdonald, MA

Attribution: unknown

Alex M Brett

Alex M Brett, a stonemason whose skills are found in many locations in Dingwall, and whose particular interest was in the restoration of what is regarded as the oldest building in the town,

Alexander M Brett

Attribution: unknown

Ian Macleod

On Friday 17 June 2017 Mrs Janet Bowen, Lord-Lieutenant for Ross and Cromarty presented Ian MacLeod with a BEM for his services to Dingwall Museum and to the Community at a packed reception at Dingwall Town Hall.

27 Mr Ian Macleod, Dingwall Museum Trust

Attribution: unknown

Peter Angus

In the Birthday Honours of 2018 Peter Angus was awarded the BEM for his services to the community, extending over 50 years. While those who receive an award might opt to have it presented at Buckingham Palace, Peter was persuaded that the best place was in the town of his birth, Dingwall, in the company of family, friends and the community.

29 PeterAngus, wife Jennifer and Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen [Photo courtesy of Alasdair Cameron]

Attribution: unknown

Frederick Walter Urquhart

Many old photographs of people and places bear the inscription “Urquhart, Dingwall”.

F W Urquhart

Attribution: unknown

Major General Sir Hector Macdonald, KCB, DSO

Although born at Mulbuie, on the Black Isle, Hector Macdonald was greatly revered by the people of Dingwall and on 11 May 1899 he was awarded the Freedom of the town.

General Sir Hector Macdonald

Attribution: unknown

SERGEANT JOHN MEIKLE, V.C., M.M.

Sergeant John Meikle V.C., M.M. Clerk at Nitshill Station who enlisted in H.M. Forces (Seaforth Highlanders ) 8th February 1915 during the Great War and was killed in action on 20th July 1918. His Memorial presently stands in the Square at the Railway Station in Dingwall.

Meikle John, VC

Attribution: unknown

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Dingwall » Dingwall History » Dingwall Remembrance 2018
40 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
40 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreath laid.
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41 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreaths laid. Help for Heroes, Beavers, Royal British Legion.
42 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
42 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreaths laid. Ross-shire Army Cadet Force, Dingwall Fire Brigade Community Group.
43 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
43 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreaths laid. Highland Council, Police Scotland, Dingwall FBCG, Scottish Government.
44 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
44 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreaths laid. Seaforth Highlanders Association, Brownies, Lord Lieutenant, Cubs, Royal British Legion.
45 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
45 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Wreaths laid. RBL, Help for Heroes, Scottish Government, Dingwall Academy, Highland Council, Seaforth Highlanders Association, Beavers.
27 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
27 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
It seems appropriate to insert the RCHS photo of the memorial near Ypres, situated at what was a dressing station in WW1 where Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a military surgeon, wrote" In Flanders Fields". The poem is displayed in English, French and German.
03 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
03 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Within the gated approach to the memorial a large inlaid poppy motif. [Photo: Morris Colven]
02 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
02 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
War Memorial and refurbished garden area. [Photo Morris Colven]
22 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
22 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
RBL badge at head of programme of service.
04 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
04 Dingwall Remembrance 2018
Stewart Bain, sculptor

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