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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: Kyleakin - Isle of Skye |
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UKNIWM ref no: not listed
OS map ref: NG 755 265
The memorial is located above the shoreline in the village of Kyleakin within sight of the new Skye Bridge:
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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The view from the memorial.
The view to the memorial from Kyleakin
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DerekR Moderator
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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The memorial is approached via a narrow path up the side of a hotel - the entrance is marked by a nice painted sign:
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Interestingly, the names for the Second World War appear on a panel above those for the Great War. Was the memorial raised up onto a new base after WW2 so that the additional names could be added?
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: Kyleakin |
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Roll of Honour for Skye & Lochalsh by Graham Ross . ( Portree library & at Inverness library)
Kyleakin War Memorial :
The Memorial was unveiled on Friday , 15th April 1921 by Mrs MacInnes of the Kings Arms Hotel , whose only son had fallen in France . It is designed in a Celtic cross form of Peterhead granite and was sculpted and erected by D & A Davidson of Academy Street, Inverness . It is erected in the part of the village known as the "lump " and overlooks the Kyle of Lochalsh . The Original Memorial was severely damaged when struck by lightning and is built into the plinth of the replacement.
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stuartn
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:20 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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WMR 57254 |
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