War Memorials in the parish of Glenorchy and Innishail

War Memorials within the Parish of Glenorchy and Innishail, Argyll

Lochawe War Memorial

The Lochawe War Memorial is placed adjacent to St. Conan’s Kirk, Lochawe and by the side of the A85. It was unveiled on Saturday, 10^th July, 1920 by Lady Breadalbane. The Oban Times of 17^th July described the memorial thus:

"The Memorial is in the form of the figure of an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander sculptured in freestone surmounting a handsome cairn of Cruachan granite. The whole is finely executed, and is the work of Mr. Alexander Carrick, A.R.S.A., Edinburgh. Mr. A MacTavish, builder, Oban, placed the cairn and statue in position."

The memorial is in reasonable condition, although with a slight growth of moss.

The inscription reads:
"Erected in memory of our glorious dead who made the
supreme sacrifice in the great war 1914-1918"

Major J.W.H. Alston, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lieutenant P.J.S. Laing, Canadians
Sergeant J. Fraser, D.C.M., Croix de Guerre Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Sergeant James Wilson, Royal Highlanders
Private Alex. McNab, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
" Arch. McKinnon, Royal Highlanders
" A.H. Black, Gordon Highlanders
" A. Henderson, Camerons
" Arch. Allan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
" K. McLean, Scots Guards

"death is swallowed up in victory."

The names of the regiments are abbreviated on the memorial.

We understand that
Carrick’s sculpture is
identical to the memorial
on South Ronaldsay.