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Hayley Smith Gardens

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Hayley Smith Gardens

Location:
Hayley Smith Gardens
Fochabers, IV32 7EA
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Hayley Smith Gardens
Hayley Smith Gardens

Hayley Smith

Dates: 
1983- 22 March 2013

The daughter of Gary and Lynn Smith, Hayley Smith had a wide range of interests. She volunteered with the annual Speyfest, with church groups, with Mosstodloch Primary School and with the Cedarwood Centre in Elgin. She enjoyed singing.

She died, aged 29, whilst on the waiting list for a liver transplant.

Over 600 people attended her funeral at Bellie Parish Church.

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Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Canal, Grangemouth

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The Queen Elizabeth II Canal
Opened by
HM The Queen
Wednesday 5th July 2017

Erected by: 
Scottish Canals
Date: 
5th July 2017
Location:
Eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal from the Kelpies sculptures
near Grangemouth
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This half mile section of the Forth and Clyde Canal is at the Eastern end and is the last part before it goes into the River Carron and on to the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth. It is the last section of the Millenial Link which restored Scotland’s inland waterways for navigation.

Opened by Queen Elizabeth II, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, by unveiling a plaque.

War memorial to inter alia Christina Sheil Pringle

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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF
FORT WILLIAM
AND
DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE, FOR GOD, KING
AND COUNTRY, IN THE
GREAT WAR

DILEAS GU BAS (faithful unto death)

...

Sister C.S. Pringle, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.

...

Date: 
1920, with WWII and Gulf War sections added subsequently.
Material: 
Stone and marble
Location:
Fort William War Memorial
Adjacent to Duncansburgh MacIntosh Parish Church , The Parade
Fort William , PH33 6BA

Christina Sheil Pringle

Title: 
Sister
Dates: 
8 January 1903 - 12 June 1942

Christina Sheil Pringle was the second of four children of William Pringle and Christina Robertson.

She was working as a nurse in England in 1939.

She died of malaria at the 61st General Hospital Iraq and is buried in Basra War Cemetery.

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The Duchess Jean Tea Room

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The Duchess Jean Tea Room

Location:
The Duchess Jean Tea Room
Gordon Highlanders Museum , Viewfield Road
Aberdeen , AB15 7XH

Memorial to inter alia Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon

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Famous Fochaberians

...

Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, 1748 -1812
Society leader in the theatre of fashion and politics
Raised the Gordon Highlands Regiment Aberdeen 1794

....

Date: 
2002
Material: 
Bronze on stone
Location:
Famous Fochaberians Garden
MRY, IV32 7DS
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Memorial to inter alia Jane Maxwell
Memorial to inter alia Jane Maxwell
Memorial to inter alia Jane Maxwell

Dorothy Millard Platfoot

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Her maiden name was Thompson
Dates: 
1891 - July 1945

Dorothy Millard Thompson was born in 1891, the daughter of Malcolm Thompson and Ada Millard.
She married Sydney A.W. Platford in 1914 in London. The couple had two children Phyllis and Horace.
The family moved from England to Tillicoultry. Her husband became Provost of Tillicoultry.

Dorothy Platfoot died in July 1945. After his death her widower suggested that a new street in Tillicoultry be named after her. The "Devon Valley Tribune" described her as "a sweet, charming lady of genial disposition."

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Dorothy Platfoot
Sources
Devon Valley Tribune
19 Feb 1946, page 3.
Photograph by kind permission of the Povey family.

Dorothy Terrace

Dedicated to: 
Date: 
1946
Location:
Dorothy Terrace
Tillicoultry , FK13 6EU

Christine's Way

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Christine's Way

Date: 
2006 or 2007
Location:
Christine's Way
Lenzie, G66 4EJ