Loch Shin Memorial to Guardsman James Reynolds DCM

WM name reference IWM69600


Current Location:

On opposite side of Loch Shin to Lairg down Sallachy Road off A839 to end of public road by Sallachy House. Then about ¼ mile down private track memorial on the right in fenced compound. Sallachy Road Lairg Sutherland Highland IV27 4EF


Description:

Cairn with memorial garden of shrubs from the Falklands, on a remote private track on the West side of Loch Shin with stone tablet on a cairn


Campaign:

Falkland Islands


Inscription:

THIS / CAIRN WAS ERECTED BY / ALASTAIR BRUCE / OF CRIONAICH / IN MEMORY OF / HIS LOYAL ORDERLY / GDSM. J. B. C. REYNOLDS / D.C.M. S.G. / KILLED IN ACTION / MT. TUMBLEDOWN / FALKLAND ISLANDS / JUNE 14 1982 / WHILST ASSISTING / A WOUNDED COMRADE


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
Reynolds James 14-6-1982 Loch Shin Memorial to Guardsman James Reynolds DCM View

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