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The village was Aberfeldy, on the little road up to Loch Tay from the old cathedral town of Dunkeld. It's really Perthshire, central Scotland, not the far north.

Town square.

General Wade's bridge in beautiful downtown Aberfeldy - one of the many he built in the 1710s to "civilize" northern Scotland . . .

The memorial to the raising of the Black Watch regiment in Aberfeldy, right by Wade's bridge.

The "Birks o' Aberfeldy" that Robert Burns memorialized are near the village, uphill through a wood. You pass the War Memorial on the way to the Birks.

The only pic of the War Memorial that I can find on the internet is copy-protected.

Does this look like where you were? It's a pretty regular tourist stop, because of all the connections with Robt Burns, Gen'l Wade, the Black Watch, etc.

Many thanks for the pictures - this was 15 years ago - I did find a photo or two of the War Memorial - it is an archway with the names inscribed on either side of the arch.

I'm guessing we were in the same town. I was able to figure out that we spent the night in Killiecrankie which is near Pitlochry. Aberfeldy would have been exceedingly close by. All the pictures you posted look *very* familiar. I did find some pictures of the War Memorial

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Perthshire/Aberfeldy.html

and

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=43487

and although I don't remember it as an archway I do think are talking about the same place.

What was most striking is how I had the *exact* same impression that you did - it brought the tragedy that was WWI (and that you have so expertly commented on in this thread) home in a very real way.

Thanks so much for the pictures. Great posts.