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Gairloch Parish 1939-45 Records Gairloch Parish 1939-45 Records Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society is indebted to Mr Donald Mackenzie of Mellon Charles, Aultbea, for providing such detailed information on the servicemen of Gairloch Parish who served in World War 2. The information provided by Mr Donald Mackenzie is deserving of photographs. If any relatives of the men concerned would care to provide such, please contact Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society at [email protected] Gairloch War Memorial In Memory of those from Gairloch Parish who were lost in the 1939-1945 war. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them." "They grew up in peace at their own fireside They filled their homes with glee, Now, their graves are scattered far and wide O'er mount, and vale and sea." Page 2 of 42 Table of Contents In Memory of those from Gairloch Parish who were lost in the 1939-1945 war.................................2 AULTBEA AREA................................................................................................................................5 In Memory of Alexander Mackenzie,..............................................................................................6 Commemorative Information:.....................................................................................................6 In Memory of Alexander Maclennan,..............................................................................................7 Commemorative Information......................................................................................................7 Location:.....................................................................................................................................7 Historical Information:................................................................................................................7 In Memory of Alexander Urquhart Macleod,..................................................................................9 Commemorative Information......................................................................................................9 Location:.....................................................................................................................................9 Historical information:................................................................................................................9 In Memory of Donald Macleod,....................................................................................................10 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................10 Location:...................................................................................................................................10 Historical Information:..............................................................................................................10 In Memory of George Macleod,....................................................................................................11 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................11 Location:....................................................................................................................................11 In Memory of Alexander Macrae,..................................................................................................12 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................12 In Memory of Hector Matheson,...................................................................................................13 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................13 In Memory of Fred Prosper,...........................................................................................................14 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................14 Location:...................................................................................................................................14 GAIRLOCH AREA............................................................................................................................15 In Memory of John Fraser,.............................................................................................................16 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................16 Location:...................................................................................................................................16 Historical information:..............................................................................................................16 In Memory of William Duncan Fraser,..........................................................................................17 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................17 In Memory of William Graham,....................................................................................................18 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................18 Location:...................................................................................................................................18 Historical Information...............................................................................................................18 In Memory of Alick Ewan Mackenzie,..........................................................................................19 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................19 In Memory of Hector Mackenzie,..................................................................................................20 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................20 In Memory of Kenneth Mackenzie,...............................................................................................21 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................21 In Memory of Murdo Mackenzie,..................................................................................................22 In Memory of Murdo Anthony Mackenzie,...................................................................................23 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................23 Location:...................................................................................................................................23 Historical information:..............................................................................................................23 Page 3 of 42 In Memory of William Knox Mackenzie,......................................................................................25 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................25 Location:...................................................................................................................................25 In Memory of Hector Macpherson,...............................................................................................26 Commemorative Information....................................................................................................26 Location:...................................................................................................................................26 In Memory of Donald Macrae,......................................................................................................27 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................27 Location:...................................................................................................................................27 Historical Information...............................................................................................................27 KINLOCHEWE AREA......................................................................................................................28 In Memory of William David Matheson,.......................................................................................29 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................29 Location....................................................................................................................................29 In Memory of Charles Tough,........................................................................................................30 Commemorative Information:...................................................................................................30 Location:...................................................................................................................................30 Historical Information...............................................................................................................30
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