Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge

Great work JMB thanks.

Great photos.

Regards

John M

I have not labelled all the individual memorials yet but have edited some to make the memorial more readable.

All named memorials to people who died in action are now on the IWM War Memorial and found one or two unit commemorations that I had missed.

All the individual commemorations are here - Individual Commemorations at The Commando Memorial Spean Bridge

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doffcocker/albums/72177720315258349/

Unit commemorations still at Unit Commemorations at The Commando Memorial

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doffcocker/albums/72177720315179091

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I had a walk around the commemorations near the Spean Bridge Commando Memorial, looking for any new ones to photograph. Most will have already been photographed by me so will try and weed some out.

But there is one new commemoration that precedes the Commandos. It has at least two errors, I wonder who is responsible for it.

BELFIED is actually BELFIELD
and
CAFFY is actually CASSEY

See HERE - Monday, 1 April 1918

https://www.flickr.com/photos/doffcocker/53779172757/in/dateposted/

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Thanks for that. I will tell the Commando Association who are jointly responsible for the memorial with the Royal Marines and the Highland Council.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/365299/s-e-houchen/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/365250/f-belfield

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/365304/arthur-large/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/365237/albert-thomas-aldridge/

Gunner Ernest Cassey RMA died on the 3rd April 1918.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/378950/ernest-cassey/

The inquest on the first four above was reported in several newspapers at the time.

Thanks, I was going to lookup the details of the memorial later, just not got around to it yet.