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FortyTwa
Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 382 Location: Arbroath
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: Coll & Tiree |
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I'm heading for Tiree (and possibly Coll as well, weather permitting) soon to go kayaking with the basking sharks and, as I'll have my camera with me, wondered if anyone knew if there were war graves/memorials on these islands that required recording.
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ADP
Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ralph,
Isle of Tiree
Cemetery: KIRKAPOL BURIAL GROUND
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Argyllshire
Historical Information: This burial ground is situated 2 miles north of Scarinish Pier, about 400 yards from the church. It contains the graves of five members of the Commonwealth Forces who died in the 1939-1945 war, three of whom are unidentified seamen of the Merchant Navy, and one grave of an unidentified member of the Commonwealth Forces of the 1914-1918 war.
No. of Identified Casualties: 2
Name: LAMONT, IAN
Initials: I
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 245 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 08/10/1945
Service No: 182728
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: KIRKAPOL BURIAL GROUND
Name: MACKINNON, NEIL
Initials: N
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chief Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Portia (Liverpool)
Age: 38
Date of Death: 05/12/1947
Awards: D S C
Additional information: Son of Dugald and Margaret MacKinnon, of Heanish; husband of Jane MacKinnon. of Govan, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: KIRKAPOL BURIAL GROUND
Tiree War Memorial, Scarinish (not yet on scottish War Memorials Project website)
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/600010
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Isle of Coll
Cemetery: KILLUNAIG GRAVEYARD, ISLE OF COLL
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Argyllshire
Historical Information: Killunaig Graveyard, Isle of Coll, adjoins Killunaig Cemetery on the north-western coastal road from Arinagour to Sorisdale. Here are buried two seamen of the British Merchant Navy, one of whom is unidentified, and a Greek Merchant Navy seaman, who all died during the 1939-1945 war.
No. of Identified Casualties: 2 (only one to be found on CWGC cemetery search)
Name: PONTUS, KARL
Initials: K
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Scullion
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Arandora Star (London)
Age: 22
Date of Death: 02/07/1940
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: N. W. Corner. Coll. grave 1.
Cemetery: KILLUNAIG GRAVEYARD, ISLE OF COLL
Cemetery: KILLUNAIG CEMETERY, ISLE OF COLL
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Argyllshire
Historical Information: This cemetery is an extension of Killunaig Graveyard. It contains the graves of four unidentified seamen of the Merchant Navy.
No. of Identified Casualties: unavailable
Coll War Memorial, Arinagour
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2151 (photo missing)
Memorial to W/O John Edward Stephen, at Hyne, Isle of Coll
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/hurricane_lf160_coll.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annette_pyrah/3784834396/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annette_pyrah/3784629150/
Name: STEPHEN, JOHN EDWARD
Initials: J E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 516 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 06/02/1944
Service No: 903322
Additional information: Son of Maj. E. F. Stephen and Constance Stephen, of Havant.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 3. Grave 746.
Cemetery: HAVANT AND WATERLOO (WARBLINGTON) CEMETERY
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Paul
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 32 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to see your pictures, good luck on your trip. _________________ Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts |
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JMB
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 8
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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One of the graveyards on Coll is said to be in a dangerous condition because of erosion from the sea, you might find it closed off. |
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FortyTwa
Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 382 Location: Arbroath
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