A Service of Rededication
for the Tarbert War Memorial
Saturday 7th of August 2021
at 14:00hrs
Parade from Fish Quay to Monument
Muster at 13:45
Lest We Forget
Introduction
We are gathered here to remember with thanks the men of this village and parish who unselfishly gave their lives in two world wars.
In their memory, we will rededicate this Memorial and give thanks that their ultimate sacrifice gave us our freedom.
But first let us offer our prayers to almighty God.
Prayers for the peace of the world that those whom we commemorate may not have died in vain.
Prayers for grace to follow the example of all who have died in the service of God and their country.
Let us gather up our thanks and dedication in the prayer which Jesus taught us:
The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn: O God, our help in ages past
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home.
Prayer of Rededication
The Exhortation
“They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
All Affirm:
“We will remember them.”
Captain Dugald Smith – MA, MC – Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died in Northern France 8th October 1918. Awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and skilful leadership in the face of the enemy.
Lieutenant Archibald C Brown – MA, MC – A&SH
Killed in action near Arras 20th April 1918. Awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
Lieutenant William B Fraser Campbell – A&SH
Died 23rd March 1918. Buried at the Somme.
Lieutenant Neil McMillan – Royal Highlanders
Died of his wounds at the Somme 29th November 1916
Lieutenant John Innes Mitchell – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 9th July 1918. Served with the 4th Highland Mountain Brigade.
Sergeant Archibald MacAlpine – Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died in Greece October 1918. Inscription on his war grave – ‘One of the best’
Quartermaster James Mitchell – South African Field Infantry
Having been a correspondent in 2nd Boer War he died from pneumonia whilst a PoW in February 1916
Sergeant Donald McNeill – King’s Regiment
Drowned in the River Nhamacurra in East Africa 3rd July 1918
Corporal Donald Leitch MA – Scottish Rifles
Died from his wounds in 1920
Corporal Finlay McNeill – Scottish Rifles
Died November 1917. Buried at Gaza.
Corporal Neil Smith – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 1st March 1916
Lance Corporal Alex McFarlane – Royal Scots
Killed in Action at Flanders. 15th September 1916
Private Charles Anderson – Royal Highlanders
Died 31st July 1917. Remembered at the Menin Gate.
Private Donald Black – Highland Light Infantry
Died in service of his country.
Private John Brown – Royal Highlanders
Died from his wounds at Selle, France. 25th October 1918
Private James Campbell – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in action 1st April 1916 Buried in Cambrin, France.
Private Angus Carmichael – Royal Scots Fusiliers
Killed in action at Flanders 31st October 1918. Buried at Vichte, Belgium.
Private Dugald Carmichael – Cameron Highlanders
Died 25th September 1915 at the Battle of Loos.
Private John Carmichael – Royal Highlanders
Also died 25th September 1915 at Loos.
Private Ronald Dewar – Cameron Highlanders
Killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres 3rd May 1915,. Remembered at the Menin Gate.
Private John Dillon – Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action in France, 12th July 1916. Buried at Maricourt.
Private Alex Dunlop – Royal Engineers
Died 24th September 1917 . Buried in West Flanders.
Private John Campbell – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died from illness contracted whilst on active service. 19th July 1921
Private Malcolm Galbraith – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 24th October 1918. Buried in Cork Military Cemetery
Private William Gillies MM – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in action 26th April 1918. Buried in Robecq, France.
Awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field.
Private William Hodson – Hereford Regiment
Died 20th November 1917. Remembered at Ribecourt British Cemetery. Northern France.
Private John Law – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died from his wounds on the battlefield in May 1915
Gunner John McArthur – Canadian Infantry
Killed in northern France. 11th January 1918. Buried at Anzin-Saint Aubin Cemetery, France.
Private Duncan McDougall – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in action in Belgium. October 1914. Buried in Ploegsteert, Hainaut.
Private James Scott McDougall – Canadian Infantry
Killed in action 21st May 1915. Commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Private Duncan McDougall – Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died of his wounds in Palestine 10th October 1917. Commemorated at Deir El Belah
Private James McDougall – Highland Light Infantry
Killed in action at Passchendaele October 1917.
Private Peter McDougall – Royal Army Service Corps
Died at Daressalaam, German East Africa, 8th January 1919
Private Dougal McFarlane – Royal Scots
Killed in action 2nd February 1918. Commemorated in Boyelles Communal Cemetery, Arras, France.
Private Dugald B McFarlane – Royal Scots
Killed by enemy fire whilst advancing over open ground in Greece. 30th September 1916
Private John McFarlane – Seaforth Highlanders
Killed in action 24th September 1917. Commemorated at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Neil McFarlane – Machine Gun Corps
Killed in action in France. 18th February 1917. Commemorated at the Somme.
Private William G McInnes – Gordon Highlanders
Died at the Battle of Loos. September 1915
Private Donald McLachlan – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died from his wounds in Greece just after the 1st War. Buried at Mikra Salonica.
Private Alex McLean – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died of his wounds 20th November 1916
Corporal Archibald McMillan – Highland Light Infantry
Killed in action 1st July 1916. Buried at Theipval Memorial.
Private Donald McMillan – Scottish Rifles
Killed in action October 1916. Buried at Theipval Memorial
Private Charles McNab – Machine Gun Corps
Died of his wounds 6th October 1916. Buried at Dadizeele, Belgium.
Private Arthur Muir – Royal Field Artillery
Killed beside his Seige Battery Gun at Passchendaele. 19th October 1917
Private James Murray – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died in service of his country.
Private Duncan McDougall MM – Scottish Rifles
Wounded in action then lost at sea when his hospital ship, HT Warilda, was torpedoed. August 1918. Awarded the Military Medal and Bar for conspicuous bravery in the face of the enemy.
Private James Murray – Royal Field Artillery
Died in service of his country.
Private Archibald E Pringle – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in Action 8th September 1917. Buried at Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France.
Private Peter Robertson – Seaforth Highlanders
Died in Belgium September 1917.
Private William Shaw – Highland Light Infantry
Killed in action in Belgium 13th April 1915. Buried in Ploegsteert.
Private John Sinclair – Australian Imperial Force
Died on 25th August 1916 in France.
Private Archibald Smith – Border Regiment
Killed in Greece in September 1918. Buried at Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kristin.
Private Dugald Smith – Labour Corps
Died on the Western Front. 16th December 1917.
Private Duncan Smith – Royal Scots
Killed at Gallipoli on 10th June 1915.
Private William Stewart – Scottish Rifles
Died in Northern France 14th October 1914. The first of our community to be killed in the Great War.
Private Charles Townsley – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive which brought the 1st World War to an end.
Private George Williamson – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Killed in action in France on 31st October 1918. 11 days before Armistice. The last of our community to die during the Great War but not the last to die because of it.
Doctor RT Brotchie – Royal Navy
Killed when HMS Bulwark, a 15,000 ton battleship, exploded while taking on coal in the River Medway. 745 men and 51 officers were killed. 26 November 1914.
Paymaster William McGilp – Royal Navy
Killed at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916 aboard HMS Queen Mary.
Chief Gunner Angus B Rutherford – Royal Navy
Killed when HMS Princess Irene, a Minelayer, explode off Sheerness 27th May 1915.
Gunner Duncan Campbell – Merchant Navy
Killed when His Majesty’s Trawler Waltham was torpedoed off the Isle of Man on 10th October 1917.
Petty Officer Duncan Kerr – Merchant Navy
Killed by enemy action aboard HMS Newmarket. October 1917.
Seaman James Kerr – Merchant Navy
Drowned aboard SS Erindring. October 1918
Second Officer Hugh M McFarlane – Merchant Navy
Killed whilst aboard SS Meriddio II. 10th January 1918.
Seaman Alex McGugan – Merchant Navy
Killed whilst aboard SS Kish which was torpedoed and sunk by U67 North West of Fastnet on 17th April 1917
Seaman Donald Smith – Merchant Navy
Died in service of his country.
Seaman Malcolm Thomson – Merchant Navy
His Majesty’s Motor Lighter KJ. Died of dysentery in Egypt. 26th October 1915
Chief Officer John Wotherspoon – Merchant Navy
Bosun of SS Gem. Killed when the ship was mined off Scarborough Christmas Day 1914.
Gunner Archibald Morans – Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 13th September 1922 from TB caused by being gassed in the war.
WWII
Petty Officer Alexander R McDougal – Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class. Died at HMS Europa in 1946.
Able Seaman Donald McNeill – Royal Navy
Lost when His Majesty’s Trawler Lord Austin was mined at the mouth of the Seine. 24th June 1944.
Telegraphist Radio Operator Duncan McTaggart – Royal Navy
Killed aboard HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. October 1939. The first local casualty of WWII.
Lieutenant John R Gregson – Durham Light Infantry
Died of his wounds 27th May 1940. Buried at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, France.
Sapper Peter MacAlister – Royal Engineers
Killed at El Alamein 23rd October 1942.
Sapper Duncan McDougall – Australian Fusiliers
Died 1st July 1942 in Papua New Guinea. Buried at Rabaul Memorial.
Gunner John McDougall – Royal Artillery
Killed in Normandy June 1944
Corporal Hugh MacFarlane – Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Killed at Sangro River in Italy. 22nd December 1943
Gunner John J MacFarlane – Royal Artillery
Died at Limburg 24th February 1945. Buried at Mook War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Lieutenant Calum M McIntyre – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Fell in action at Sidi Barrani 10th December 1940.
Lance Bombadier William McMillan – Royal Artillery
Died 29th October 1944. Remembered with honour in the Berlin 39/45 war cemetery.
Private Samuel McPhail – Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Died 10th June 1940. Buried at St Valery-en-Caux. Franco – British Cemetery.
Gunner John Pringle – 51st Anti Tank Regiment
Died 17th June 1940. Buried at Pornic War Cemetery, France.
Private Neil MacArthur – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died in October 1944 at Monte Cassino. Buried in Faenza, Italy
Flight Lieutenant Colin C Blair – Royal Air Force
Lost over Norway whilst conducting a reconnaissance mission.
1st September 1941.
Sergeant Navigating Officer Donald C McIntyre – Royal Air Force
Lost on a bombing raid of Nuremberg 26th February 1943.
Engineer John M Bain – Merchant Navy
Died in service of his country.
Able Seaman William C Murray – Merchant Navy
Served aboard the tanker British Petrol and died in a POW camp in Poland 15th May 1941.
Purser James McDougall – Merchant Navy
Bombed whilst aboard MV Domala in the English Channel 2nd March 1940
Gunnery Officer Neil S McGugan – Merchant Navy
Lost when the SS Olivine sank 29th March 1941.
Radio Operator John McKee – Merchant Navy
Lost in the South Atlantic off the coast of South Africa when SS Trafalgar was sunk by gunfire from German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis.
Steward John McMillan – Merchant Navy
Died in service of his country.
Able Seaman Duncan Thomson – Merchant Navy
Died in service of his country.
Let us be silent in honour of those who have died for us.
Tarbert War Memorial
“Lest We Forget”
The Last Post
2 Minutes Silence
The Reveille
The Flowers of the Forest
Laying of Wreaths
Psalm 121
I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
From whence doth come mine aid.
My safety cometh from the Lord
Who heaven and earth hath made
Thy foot he’ll not let slide, nor will
He slumber that thee keeps.
Behold he that keeps Israel
He slumbers not nor sleeps.
The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade,
On thy right hand doth stay:
The moon by night thee shall not smite
Nor yet the sun by day.
The Lord shall keep thy soul: he shall
Preserve thee from all ill.
Henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.
In Flanders Fields by Lt. Col. John McCrae
Canadian Army
In Flanders fields, the poppies grow
between the crosses, row on row,
that mark our places; and in the sky
the larks, still bravely singing, fly
scarce heard amongst the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
loved and were loved, and now we lie
in Flanders fields.
Take up your quarrel with the foe;
to you from failing hands we throw
the torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
we shall not sleep, though poppies grow
in Flanders fields.
The Kohima Epitaph
“When you go home
tell them of us and say,
for your tomorrow
we gave our today”.
