Old Photograph War Memorial Balfron Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Balfron located 18 miles West of Stirling, Scotland.

World War I ROLL OF HONOUR:

Adam Hugh Fleming Highland Light Infantry
Battison George Royal Engineers
Battison Peter Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Battison Tom Seaforth Highlanders
Craig Frank Australians
Craig Guthrie Australians
Edmond James Highland Light Infantry
Fairweather Andrew Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Fyfe James Tait Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Horne David Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Horne John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Horne Robert Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
MacDonald Duncan Royal Army Service Corps
MacKinnon Finlay Royal Air Force
McCallum Peter Canadians
McCallum Hugh Gordon Highlanders
McGill James Downs Royal Engineers
McLaggan John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
McLaggan William Royal Army Service Corps
McLaren John Royal Scots Fusiliers
McLean John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
McLean William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Montgomery Archibald Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Montgomery William Scots Guards
Morrison A. Douglas Cameron Highlanders
Paterson William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Shaw James Seaforth Highlanders
Stewart Alexander Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Stewart Robert Royal Army Medical Corps
Stewart William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Taylor Robert F. Royal Army Service Corps
Walker Alexander Highland Light Infantry

World War II ROLL OF HONOUR:

Hay Alex Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
Gilliland Samuel Royal Air Force
Gourlay Robert Merchant Navy
McFarlane Charles S.A.S.
Miller David Commandos

Balfron is 18 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph Glen Mama Scotland

Old photograph of Glen Mama near Arisaig, Lochaber, Scotland. Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed on the shores of Loch nan Uamh on 19 August 1745 and made his way to Loch Sheil. The photograph was taken before the Fort William to Mallaig railway line was built between 1897 and 1901, as the Loch nan Uamh railway viaduct now closes the mouth of this glen.



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Old Photograph Barncluith Gardens Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of Barncluith Gardens in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The lands of Barncluith were held by the Machan family, of Norman origin. In 1507 Anne Machan married William Hamilton of Rossmoor, kinsman of the Duke of Hamilton. Their son fought and died at the Battle of Langside in 1568, and Barncluith was subsequently inherited by their grandson John Hamilton. Another John Hamilton of Barncluith was Sheriff of the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire from shortly after 1707. He is said to have held his court within the pavilion in the terrace garden, and to have carried out executions at a nearby oak tree. Ownership of Barncluith passed from the Hamiltons to the Ruthven family in the 19th century. At this time the gardens at Barncluith were renowned as an example of an old Scots garden, and were popular with visitors to the area. It was bought in 1908 by lawyer James C. Bishop, who restored the gardens.



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Old Photograph Beach Morar Scotland

Old photograph of the beach at Morar, a small village on the west coast, situated three miles south of Mallaig, Scotland. Morar Beach served as a location in the 1983 film Local Hero. It was also used in filming Highlander in 1986, as the location for the scene in which Ramirez and Connor race along the beach. In the 1995 movie, Rob Roy Morar was used as the location for one of Rob Roy's homes. The Battle of Morar was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1602, between the Clan MacDonald of Glengarry and the Clan Mackenzie.



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Old Photograph King Edward VII Railway Station Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the King Edward VII visit on September 1908 at the Railway Station in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. The original railway line from Dundee to Newtyle was intended to go to Forfar and Blairgowrie. However it wasn't until the 1st of August 1855 that the railway reached Blairgowrie with the opening of the Coupar Angus to Blairgowrie branch line. It was busy with both passengers and the transportation of goods as Blairgowrie and Rattray was an industrial and agricultural town from then until the mid 1900s. The passenger service was withdrawn on 8th January 1955. The goods service final closure was on 6 December 1965.



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