Memorial

Lieutenant Commander W N Waller

Lt Commander WN Waller

Source: SWACS

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Current Location

Main Street, East Wemyss, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

NT 330 960

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55233
Description: Circular plaque with pale lettering mounted on stone plinth.
Inscription: SAVIOUR OF WEMYSS/ This plaque is dedicated/ to the memory of/ LT. COMMANDER/ WILFRID NEVILL WALLER F.A.A./ who courageously averted crashing his/ Sea Fury plane on the village of East Wemyss/ on the 2nd July 1948. He narrowly missed/ cottages at Newton Farm and was/ killed in a field beyond./ Also commemorated are Mary-Pryde Nicholson and/ Charles Andrews Newton Farm who/ bravely attempted to rescue/ the pilot from the/ blazing aircraft/ (...)

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, service, forenames, manner of death, additional, place of death

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good