The body of Trooper Norman King of the Warwickshire Yeomanry was washed ashore on West Ardnamurchan in 1940. He's buried in St Comghan's graveyard, in the newer part behind the church. His story is told in a series of blog entries - link here.
Lance Corporal GG MacLennan of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is also buried in St Comghan's.
Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Woodgate of the New Zealand air force was killed when his Hawker Hurricane flew into the north face of Druim na Gearr Leacainn in appalling weather in February 1944. A cairn - visible at bottom right of this picture - was raised in his memory....
Thank you Jon. We must never forget them.
ReplyDeletethank you for these Remembrances, Jon. When we visited Rev Ian Macdonald's place of rest in September we were surprised who many war graves there are in that little cemetery.
ReplyDeleteMy father, George MacLennan, was captured near St. Valery-en-Caux where the 51st Highland Division surrendered in 1940, at the fall of France. He was a prisoner-of-war for five years. At the end of the war, he was hospitalised first in England and then in Scotland for over a year, returning to Kilchoan and Glenborrowdale for a few weeks before he died. He was buried on the 11th of November 1946.
ReplyDeleteBarbara MacLennan