Portree War Memorial - Portree, Scotland - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

"The Portree war memorial is a mercat cross style memorial constructed of freestone with a grey granite column crowned with a lion, and grey granite panels bearing the commemoration and names of the dead set into the faces of the monument.

WWI ROLL OF HONOUR:
Baker James Highland Light Infantry Private Portree
Bamber William Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Baxter Angus Cameron Hoghlanders Lieutenant Portree
Beaton James Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
Beaton Norman Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Beaton Norman Cameron Highlanders Sergeant Portree
Buchanan Ewen Gordon Highlanders Private Braes
Buchanan Norman Gordon Highlanders Private Portree
Budge Donald R. Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Cameron Donald Cameron Highlanders Company Sergeant Major Portree
Cumming Donald Royal Navy Petty Officer Portree
Cumming Donald Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Cumming Donald A. Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Ferguson Archibald Cameronians Sergeant Portree
Ferguson Murdo Cameron Highlanders Corporal South Snizort
Finlayson Alexander Machine Gun Corps Private South Snizort
Finlayson John Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Fraser John M. Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Gillanders Lewis A.R. Machine Gun Corps Private Portree
Graham Peter Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Grant John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Grant John Canadians Lieutenant South Snizort
Grant Murdo Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Grant Norman Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
Kennedy Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Kennedy John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacDonald Alexander Scots Guards Private Braes
MacDonald Donald Gordon Highlanders Corporal Portree
MacDonald Donald Highland Light Infantry Private South Snizort
MacDonald Donald Cameron Highlanders Private Braes
MacDonald Donald J. Highland Light Infantry Corporal South Snizort
MacDonald John Cameron Highlanders Private Braes
MacDonald John M.C. Captain Portree
MacDonald Norman Berkshire Yeomanry Private South Snizort
MacDonald Ronald Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacDonald Ronald Cameron Highlanders Major Portree
MacDonald William Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacDougall John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacDougall John A. Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacFarlane John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacInnes Archibald Royal Scots Fusiliers Private Braes
MacInnes Peter Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacInness John Royal Army Service Corps C.Q.M.S. Portree
Mackenzie Archibald Gordon Highlanders Private Portree
MacKenzie Donald Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
MacKenzie Donald Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacKenzie John Royal Naval Reserve Boatswain South Snizort
MacKenzie John Cameron Highlanders Private Sconser
MacKenzie John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacKinnon Alexander Royal Navy Seaman Braes
MacKinnon Ewen Seaforth Highlanders Private Portree
MacKinnon Martin Royal Navy Seaman Portree
MacLean Alexander Cameronians Private Portree
Maclean Kenneth Highland Light Infantry Private Portree
MacLeod Alexander Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner South Snizort
MacLeod Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod Angus Gordon Highlanders Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Donald Cameron Highlanders Sergeant Portree
MacLeod Donald Highland Light Infantry Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Donald Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod George Northumberland Fusiliers Sergeant Portree
MacLeod Iain A. Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacLeod Malcolm Lovat Scouts Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Murdo Royal Naval Reserve Seaman Sconser
MacLeod Murdo Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
MacLeod Norman Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacMillan Donald Seaforth Highlanders Lance Corporal Braes
MacMillan Duncan Royal Navy Seaman Braes
MacPherson Alexander Scots Guards Private South Snizort
MacPherson Kenneth Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacQueen Angus Royal Scots Private Portree
MacQueen John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacQueen Peter Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Braes
MacRae Donald Scottish Rifles Private 11th Scottish Rifles South Snizort
MacRae John Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
MacRae Jonathan Highland Light Infantry Private South Snizort
MacSwan Alexander Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Matheson James Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
Murchison Angus Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Murchison Donald Cameronians Lieutenant South Snizort
Murchison John Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Nicolson Alexander Gordon Highlanders Private Braes
Nicolson Archibald Canadians Private South Snizort
Nicolson John Australians Private A.I.F. Braes
Nicolson John Royal Naval Reserve Seaman Braes
Nicolson John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Nicolson Murdo Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Nicolson Murdoch Highland Light Infantry Private Braes
Nicolson Samuel Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner Sconser
Orme John Royal Army Medical Corps Captain M.C. Portree
Orme William Royal Scots Private Portree
Ross Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Ross Angus Labour Corps Lieutenant Colonel O.B.E. Portree
Ross William Cameron Highlanders Company Sergeant Major Portree
Shaw Donald A. Royal Scots Fusiliers Private South Snizort
Simpson James A. Royal Air Force Lieutenant Portree
Simpson John W. Border Regiment Lieutenant Portree
Sinclair Charles Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
Stewart Donald Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Stewart John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Sutherland Angus Lovat Scouts Private South Snizort
Turnbull Duncan Royal Engineers Lance Corporal Portree
Turnbull William Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree

WWII ROLL OF HONOUR:
Bruce George Royal Navy Stoker
Davidson Ian N. Canadians Wireless Operator Royal Canadian Air Force
MacDonald Alexander Merchant Navy Seaman
MacKenzie William D. Royal Air Force Sergeant
MacKinnon Ronald Merchant Navy Seaman
MacLeod Neil Royal Army Service Corps Driver
MacLeod Neil A. Royal Air Force Sergeant
MacLeod Norman Cameron Highlanders Private
MacPherson Archibald Royal Navy Seaman
MacRae Hector Merchant Navy Seaman
MacRae John Merchant Navy Seaman
MacRae Matthew Seaforth Highlanders Corporal
Morrison Donald Rifle Brigade Private
Munro John A. Cameron Highlanders Private
Nicolson Samuel Royal Air Force Sergeant Pilot
Nicolson Samuel Royal Artillery Gunner
Porteous W.F.W. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Flight Lieutenant D.F.M. & Bar
Robertson Lachlan Merchant Navy Seaman
Whiteford Ian Royal Army Service Corps Private

KOREA:
Annan Alastair M. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders"

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Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): WWI, WWI, Korean War In Honor Of: The Soldiers and Sailors from the Mainland of Portree Parish and from South Snizort Who Died for their Country Marker Text: To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors from the Mainland of Portree Parish and from South Snizort Who Died for their Country in the Great War 1914-1919 Eternal Honour to the True and Brave Who for Their Native Lands Their Life Blood Gave Mairidh an Clio Gu Brath See Long Description for the names of those honored. Who Put it Here?: City of Portree Description of Memorial: The memorial is a Mercat Cross (From Wikipedia: "A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish towns, cities and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. It therefore served a secular purpose as a symbol of authority, and was an indication of a burgh's relative prosperity.") The Mercat Cross is constructed of stone and has a gray granite column that is crowned with a lion sitting on its haunches. There are gray granite panels on each side of the memorial bearing the war and the names of the local fallen from those wars. Date of dedication: Not listed

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