Bunessan War Memorial
Location : 505.555
Situated close to Bunessan Primary School just off the A849 Craignure to Fionnphort road.
Situated close to Bunessan Primary School just off the A849 Craignure to Fionnphort road.
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| TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM GREAT WAR 1 1914-1918 | |
| PTE. DAVID ANDERSON PTE. ARCHIBALD BEATON PTE. DONALD BEATON See Note 1 PTE JAMES BROWN P.O. COLIN CAMERON PTE. DUGALD CAMERON See Note 7 PTE JAMES CAMERON A.B. LACHLAN CAMERON A.B. NEIL CAMERON see Note 2 PTE ROBERT CARNIE COL. LESLIE SINCLAIR CHEAPE COL. HUGH A CHEAPE PTE ROBERT CLEGHORN PTE WILLIAM CRAIG A.B. JOHN COWAN A.B. DUNCAN MUNN LAMONT LIEUT HECTOR MACLEAN LEE PTE. DONALD MACCALLUM See Note 5 A.B. HECTOR MACCALLUM A.B. HUGH MACCALLUM PIPER JOHN SWEENEY D.C.M. |
PTE DUNCAN MACCOLL C.E.R.A. 1st Cl WILLIAM MACORMACK PTE ARCHIBALD MACDONALD CPO DONALD MACDONALD CPT HUGH MACDONALD PTE. JOHN MACDONALD PTE ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL A.B. JOHN MACFARLANE A.B. MALCOLM MACFARLANE A.B. NEIL MACFARLANE A.B. JOHN MACGILLIVRAY see Note 3 PTE. DUNCAN MACINNES see Note 4 SGT. WILLIAM MACKINLAY D.C.M. A.B. ARCHIBALD MACKECHNIE see Note 6 SGT ARCHIBALD J MACKECHNIE L Cpl ALEXANDER MACLEAN SGT. DONALD MACLEAN See Note 8 A.B NEIL MACFEE L Cpl ROBERT MACQUATTIE SGT JAMES STIRRAT D.C.M |
| GREAT WAR II 1939-1945 | |
| GDSM DUNCAN MACFADYEN PTE. CHARLES MACKINNON CHIEF OFFICER JAMES CAMERON MN THEIRS IS THE GLORY |
PTE. DAVID MACARTHUR A.B. DONALD KENNEDY R.N. |
| Not listed on memorial but from the area. Private MCDONALD, ALEXANDER Service Number S/41017 Died 12/05/1917 Aged 38 6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders Son of Robert and Isabella McDonald, of Ardchiavaig, Bunessan, Mull, Argyll. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL Location: Pas de Calais, France Corporal MACKENZIE, JOHN Service Number 2530 Died 05/10/1916 Aged 19 1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Son of Margaret MacKenzie, of Boyd's Land, Bunessan Mull, Argyllshire, and the late W. MacKenzie. Buried at GLENORCHY PARISH CHURCHYARD Location: Argyllshire, United Kingdom |
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| Note 1 Rank:Private Service No:238006 Date of Death:24/04/1917 Age:36 Regiment/Service:Seaforth Highlanders "D" Coy. 8th Bn. Grave Reference: IV. E. 6. Cemetery:Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Additional Information:Son of John and Catherine Beaton, of Lower Ardtun, Bunessan, Mull; husband of Catherine MacColl Beaton, of Ardsheal, Kentallen, Argyll. |
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| Note 2 Rank:Boatswain Trade:Bosun Date of Death:19/08/1917 Age:23 Regiment/Service:Mercantile Marine S.S. "Gartness" (Glasgow) Panel Reference: Memorial:Tower Hill Memorial Additional Information:Son of Donald Cameron, of Uisken, Bunessan, Mull, Scotland, and the late Flora Cameron. Born at Oban. |
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| Note 3 Rank:Able Seaman Service No:1712/SD Date of Death:03/09/1919 Age:31 Regiment/Service:Royal Navy H.M.S. "Victory." Grave Reference: In North-West part. Cemetery:Kilvickeon Old Churchyard, Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon, Isle Of Mull Additional Information:Son of Ann MacGillivray, of Erraid Island, Ross of Mull, Oban, and the late John MacGillivray. (In the same grave is buried : MacGillivray, Dk. Hd. Hector, 2817/S.D. R.N.R. H.M.S. "Wallington." 1st April, 1922. Son of Ann MacGillivrery, of Erraid Island, Ross of Mull, and the late John MacGillivray). |
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| Note 4 Rank Private Service Number 268291 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Date of death: 23/04/1917 (aged 22) Son of Neil and Margaret McInnes, of Fionphort, Ross of Mull, Argyll. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL Location: Pas de Calais, France |
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| Note 5 Nineteen year old Donald McCallum from Kintra was one of the casualties of Gallipoli. He was one of the five sons of John McCallum a mason/ builder and his wife Mary. A former pupil of the school at Creich, he became an apprentice carpenter at Greenock and joined the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Greenock Territorials). He went into training at the outbreak of war. On 3 July the next year he arrived at the front and in little over a week he was killed in action in the Dardanelles, on 12 July 1915. Valerie Fielding, both Volunteer and Director at the Ross of Mull Historical Centre, Bunessan, Isle of Mull. |
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| Note 6 Rank : Able Seaman Service Number 908175 H.M.S. "Redbreast." Mercantile Marine Reserve Date of death: 15/07/1917 (aged 26) Son of Duncan and Margaret McKechnie, of Inver Fionport, Mull, Argyllshire. Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Location: Devon, United Kingdom Note 7 The Commonwealth War Graves have the follow for a Dugald Cameron but this Dugald is listed as RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class CAMERON, DUGALD Service Number 250144 Died 29/01/1919 Aged 19 Royal Air Force Son of Hugh Cameron, of Assapol, Bunessan, Mull, Argyllshire. Buried at KILVICKEON OLD CHURCHYARD, KILFINICHEN AND KILVICKEON, ISLE OF MULL Note 8 Serjeant MCLEAN, DONALD Service Number 14730 Died 08/06/1917 Aged 28 2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade Son of George and Christina McFarlan McLean, of Ardchiavaig, Bunessan, Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. Commemorated at MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium End of List. |
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