mbriscoe Posted 5 September , 2016 Share Posted 5 September , 2016 (edited) I visited Inverness Old High Church on Saturday on Open Doors Days. I tried to photograph all the memorials and War Memorial inside the church. The complete set of images with transcriptions of most are on FLICKR. There are a number of memorials to individual soldiers, mainly WWI as well as some Cameron Highlander War Memorials including the Martinpuich Cross and The Tartan Pimpernel's Field Communion set. I am still uploading images to FLICKR so probably will be not all there until later today or tomorrow. The images are too large for here so will just reduce a couple down to be small enough to add. Quote Old High Church, Inverness - War Memorials --- TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES SMITH BAILLIE, YOUNGER OF DOCHFOUR, LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF HIS MAJESTY's 99TH. REGT. OF FOOT, WHO DIED ON HIS PASSAGE TO THE WEST INDIES IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY THE 18TH. DAY OF MARCH 1796, AND IN THE 25TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE. THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED FATHER. --- TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF JOHN LACHLAN MACKINTOSH LIEUTENANT IN THE ARAB RIFLES WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN EAST AFRICA ON JANUARY 8. 1916. AGED 22 YEARS. --- In Loving Memory of Ian Markan Major 4th Battalion Q. O. Cameron Highlanders Born at Craigmonie 30th May 1883 Fell at the Battle of Arras 28th March 1918. --- IN LOVING MEMORY OF JESSIE ARNOT BELL, WIFE OF J MUNRO MOIR, M.D. WHO DIED 31.DECEMBER 1916, AGED 63 YEARS. FOR MANY YEARS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF DOUGLAS MOIR, M.C. THEIR YOUNGER SON LIEUTENANT Q.O. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS KILLED IN ACTION IN PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA 22.JULY 1918, AGED 24 YEARS. --- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES SHAW ROSE MACDONALD CAPTAIN AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY KILLED IN ACTION, FLANDERS. 31ST JULY.1917. AGEG.22 YEARS --- Edited 5 September , 2016 by mbriscoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 5 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2016 Old High Church, Inverness - War Memorials Open Doors Day 03.09.16 --- REMEMBER WITH UNDYING GRATITUDE THE LOYALTY & SACRIFICE OF THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 CUIMHNICHIBH NA SUINN NACHMAIREANN MAIRIDH AN CLIU BEO GU BRATH - MARNE 1914. '18 YPRES 1914. '15 '17 '18 LOOS DELVILLE- WOOD SAMBRE - AISNE 1914 NEUVE- CHAPELLE SOMME 1916. '18 ARRAS 1917. '18 MACEDONIA 1915-18 - CAMERON LXXIX --- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 DILEAS GU BAS --- ID:MHG17457 Type of record:Monument Name:Old High Church, Inverness Grid Reference:NH 6646 4551 Map Sheet:NH64NE Civil Parish:INVERNESS AND BONA Geographical Area:INVERNESS Alternative Names Inverness Parish Church; 113 Church Street; English Church; High Church; War Memorial Plaques; Cameron Highlanders Colours; Roll Of Honour Site Type CHURCH, WAR MEMORIAL(S) (20TH CENTURY) Canmore ID 13346 Site Number NH64NE 13 NGR NH 66463 45514 Council HIGHLAND Parish INVERNESS AND BONA Former Region HIGHLAND Former District INVERNESS Former County INVERNESS-SHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 5 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2016 Field Communion Set that belonged to The Rev. Dr. Donald Currie Caskie DD OBE OCF - The Tartan Pimpernel Apologies for quality image, it is a glass case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 5 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2016 Old High Church, Inverness - The Martinpuich Cross - IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS N.C.O.s & MEN - 6TH BATT. QUEEN’S OWN CAMERON HLDRS. - SEPT. 15TH 1916 - WHO FELL IN THE CAPTURE OF MARTINPUICH - MAJOR. J.E.M. FARQUHAR 2ND LIEUT. J. McCALLUM 2ND. LIEUT. McINTYRE 2ND. LIEUT. C. NEWTON - 7918. LCE-SGT. J. CRICHTON 21823. CPL. R. BELL 12366 CPL. D. McINTOSH 16204. CPL. R. MONTGOMERY 11281. LCE-CPL. W. ADAM 14306. LCE-CPL. W. BRODIE 12801 LCE. CPL. A. GRAHAM 13180. LCE. CPL. A. HARDIE 21878. LCE-CPL. H. HUNTER 2274. LCE-CPL. T. McKAIN 5866. LCE-CPL. J. McKENZIE 12614. LCE-CPL. R. SHANKLAND 8315. LCE-CPL. J. C. WYETT - 1701. PTE. A. CAMERON 23789. PTE. J. D. CAMPBELL 26794. PTE. S. DOWNING 21204. PTE. J. FLYNN 22583. PTE. R. GALLACHER 2674. PTE. J. GRANT 40099. PTE. J. KERR 17473. PTE. W. LAMBIE 2604. PTE. M. LIGHTBODY 2623. PTE. A. McDONALD 2476. PTE. A. McKENZIE 40331. PTE. D. McLACHLAN 22600. PTE. J. McQUEEN 21088. PTE. J. PRINGLE 40041. PTE. M. RYAN - 4098. PTE. H. SKINNER 16318. PTE. J. SPICER 16434. PTE. H. SUTHERLAND 22745. PTE. A. WYLLIE 40068. PTE. J. YORE --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BereniceUK Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 Thank you for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 Wonderful - thank you. Out of interest, I infer from te mention of a Church Open Doors Day that access is usually difficult - is this so? My younger daughter has just moved to Inverness, and as my wife and I intend to visit next year, this seems like an ideal site to see. (Well, put it like this, I can be left to play nicely while my wife and daughter do something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 6 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2016 4 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said: Wonderful - thank you. Out of interest, I infer from te mention of a Church Open Doors Day that access is usually difficult - is this so? My younger daughter has just moved to Inverness, and as my wife and I intend to visit next year, this seems like an ideal site to see. (Well, put it like this, I can be left to play nicely while my wife and daughter do something else. Doors Open Days are held all over the country every year. I England have them all on the same day but Scotland spreads then over the whole of September with different areas having different weekends. I think there were five or six churches in Inverness open last weekend. I had been wanting to get in and photograph the War Memorials for some time. I have done all the WWI pictures in the Old High Church now, all on FLICKR and Canmore but still the Kohima memorial to add. Some deserters and rebel prisoners were executed in the churchyard after Culloden, there is a gravestone that was said to be used to support the musket and another where the prisoner sat or knelt. The wall behind has the marks of musket balls though it is covered in ivy at the moment - someone pulled it to one side for me. Also said to be some musket ball marks on the tower where others were executed. The site of the church is quite an old one and the bookshop next door is the old Gaelic church. I think the door is normally locked but sure it must be possible to arrange access if you are visiting the area. The Episcopal Cathedral has a fine WWI War Memorial across the altar screen which I had photographed previously (the building is normally open). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 6 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2016 1 hour ago, BereniceUK said: Thank you for posting this. There was apparently another name on the Martinpuich Cross, of another posted missing but he turned up alive so was able to remove the name himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BereniceUK Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 Episcopal churches in Scotland seem to try to have open doors during the day, but Church of Scotland churches are a lot harder to access, the towns and villages I've visited to date at least. Such a shame, and very frustrating too if there's a memorial inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 (edited) On 9/5/2016 at 15:22, mbriscoe said: Field Communion Set that belonged to The Rev. Dr. Donald Currie Caskie DD OBE OCF - The Tartan Pimpernel Apologies for quality image, it is a glass case. Thank you for posting these images. The Rev. Dr. Donald Currie Caskie DD OBE OCF - The Tartan Pimpernel - seems to have been quite a character and a very brave man. I appreciate that it's (strictly speaking) off topic, but here's what those nice people over at Wiki say about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Caskie . Back on topic, I wonder who the person who removed his own name tag from the Martinpuich Cross was? From the photos, it looks as if his name might have started with "S", but that's just my guess. Edited 6 September , 2016 by The Scorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 Again, thenk you. Looks like my first (ever) visit to Inverness is to be savoured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 6 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2016 7 minutes ago, Steven Broomfield said: Again, thenk you. Looks like my first (ever) visit to Inverness is to be savoured. Don't forget Fort George of course. They are making a viewing platform on the top of the castle, the courts are moving to a new building. The museum is at present in a modern building but is moving to the old Town House (I think that is what they call it). Most of my images of War Memorials are HERE. All should be on Canmore and some of the Highland ones on the HER. 19 minutes ago, The Scorer said: Back on topic, I wonder who the person who removed his own name tag from the Martinpuich Cross was? From the photos, it looks as if his name might have started with "S", but that's just my guess. I did not see and picked up a booklet on the cross and memorials, must be online somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 6 September , 2016 Share Posted 6 September , 2016 35 minutes ago, mbriscoe said: I did not see and picked up a booklet on the cross and memorials, must be online somewhere! Ah, thanks ... and I guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbriscoe Posted 31 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2018 The Old High Church Congregation War Memorial Quote Inverness High Kirk Parish War Memorial ID:MHG17457 Type of record:Monument Name:Old High Church, Inverness Grid Reference:NH 6646 4551 Map Sheet:NH64NE Civil Parish:INVERNESS AND BONA Geographical Area:INVERNESS Alternative Names Inverness Parish Church; 113 Church Street; English Church; High Church; War Memorial Plaques; Cameron Highlanders Colours; Roll Of Honour Site Type CHURCH, WAR MEMORIAL(S) (20TH CENTURY) Canmore ID 13346 Site Number NH64NE 13 NGR NH 66463 45514 Council HIGHLAND Parish INVERNESS AND BONA Former Region HIGHLAND Former District INVERNESS Former County INVERNESS-SHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 31 October , 2018 Share Posted 31 October , 2018 An excellent set of photos. Good to see the colours of a SR and 2 Service Battalions well cared for. I don't think I have seen a war memorial which told that men were brothers before. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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