Alness is a town in Easter Ross and Cromarty about three miles from Invergordon.

Its War Memorial lies at the end of the High Street at its junction with Obsdale Road.

It’s unusual for a War Memorial to be constructed from red sandstone as this one is. The shape of the curved base is also uncommon.

The inscription on the column reads, “The Great War 1914-1918. This stone commemorates the men of Alness and West Rosskeen who at their country’s call went forth to defend their homes and empire, endured untold sufferings and passed from the sight of men by the path of duty and sacrifice.”

And on the base, above the names, “Their dust is in the deserts and the deep sea and yet triumphant o’er the grave their spirits never sleep but guard the freedom which they died to save.”

View from east, Great War names on curved base, Second World War names on plinth below:-

From west. Again Great War names on curved base, Second World War names on plinth below:-