Tour Scotland Travel Video War Memorial Weem Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the War Memorial in Weem on ancestry visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This memorial a Celtic Cross on a tapered plinth commemorates the residents of Weem and Killiechassie who were killed or missing in the First World War and the Second World War.

Roll of Honour includes;

Archibald Cameron, Private 6th Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. Born in Dull in 1897. Son of Archibald and Mary Cameron Castle Menzies Farm. Killed in Action 16.09.16 on Somme.

Peter Cameron. Private 43rd Battalion Manitoba Regiment. Son of Duncan and Jane Cameron Upper Borlick Killiechassie. Farmer Winnipeg Canada. Arrived in England on SS Olympic 6th July 1916.
Died of Wounds #13 General Hospital Boulogne 12th October 1916.

William Cameron. Corporal Scottish Horse. Son of Duncan and Jane Cameron Upper Borlick Killiechassie. Brother of Peter Cameron. Joined Scottish Horse in Dunkeld on 24.05.15 age 33. Transferred to Labour Corps at Skegness 30.10.17. Died 5th March 1919.

John Henry Gallaway. Private Royal Army Service Corps. Born Perth. Resided Jedburgh. Son of Mrs Galloway Aberfeldy. Husband of the Late Agnes Lottie Cochran. Died at home 24th January 1917.

Donald MacLeish. Private 6th Perthshire Battalion Black Watch. Born 1884 in Aberfeldy. Son of the late Robert and Margaret MacLeish of Aberfeldy. Killed in Action at the Bois de Courton 27th July 1918.

William Robertson. Private D Company 17th Battalion Royal Scots. Born in Dull in 1900. Son of Alexander and Elisabeth Robertson, Meadow Cottage, Boltachan. A Printers Apprentice. Killed in Action 29th September 1918.

David Stewart. Corporal 43rd Battalion Manitoba Regiment. Born Aberfeldy 12th January 1892. Son of David and Mary Macpherson Stewart Upper Borlick Killiechassie. Farmer Manitou, Manitoba, Canada. Died 26th October 1917 aged 25.

William Newton. Corporal 2nd Battalion Black Watch. Born Isle of Mull 1914. Son of Helen Drummond Castle Menzies Farm Aberfeldy. Drowned at Sea off Crete 28th May 1941.

We Will Remember Them. Unveiled by Mrs Francis Willey, Castle Menzies, June 19th 1921

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