Memorial
HMS Howe
Bell
Source: Karen Mitchell
1/2
Current Location
St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 1RE, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NT 25727 73598
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Bells or bell tower
- WMR Reference Number
- 116286
- Description
- Bell mounted on a wooden frame, with an explanatory brass plaque below it. HMS HOWE 1942 is inscribed on the bell
- Inscription
- BELL OF HMS HOWE/THIS BELL FORMERLY THE SHIPS BELL IN HMS HOWE WAS PRESENTED TO/THE HIGH KIRK OF ST GILES/BY/THE LORD & COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY/TO MARK THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF THE SHIP WITH/THE PEOPLE AND CITY OF EDINBURGH/DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR/"THIS BELL CARRIAGE WAS PRESENTED BY THE/OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE NAVAL CHURCHES IN THE FORTH AREA IN/NOVEMBER 1959"
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker(s)