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Carn Mhor Dhearag and Ben Nevis This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Commando Memorial The Commandos were established on the instructions of Prime Minister Winston Churchill immediately after the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940 as a means of striking back against the German armies occupying Europe. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Commando Memorial and Ben Nevis In 1949 a competition was opened to Scottish sculptors to design a fitting memorial to the Commandos. The winner was Scott Sutherland, and the bronze was cast by H.H.Martyn Ltd, of Cheltenham. The Commando Memorial was unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 12 September 1952. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Commando Memotial In 1942 the Commando Basic Training Centre was established at Achnacarry Castle, some six miles north west of the site of the monument. Volunteers would arrive at Spean Bridge railway station, and would then march the seven miles to Achnacarry Castle, past the site on which the monument now stands. Any not completing the march in under an hour immediately failed the course and caught the next train south, back to their units. Training was carried out over large parts of Lochaber and was highly intensive, often using live ammunition. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Lochaber This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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River Spean This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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River Spean This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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Spean Bridge Station This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The A82 towards Spean Bridge This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The A82 towards Spean Bridge This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Garden of Remembrance In recent years the Garden of Remembrance has been established not far from the Commando Memorial. Many who served as Commandos during World War Two have had their ashes placed here. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The Old Station Restaurant This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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The ruins of High Bridge On 16 August 1745 the first shots were fired in the Jacobite uprising here. The stone bridge was built by General Wade to span the gorge of the River Spean. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200 |
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