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Ben Nevis Peace Memorial

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Summit of Ben Nevis, above Fort William, Lochaber, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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NN 16675 71282

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cairn
WMR Reference Number: 13464
Description: Rough stone cairn built at the top of Ben Nevis. The cairn was originally built in 1945 by members of the Young Men's Class of Vicar Street Methodist Church, Dudley and dedicated in 1949. Over the following years multiple stone tablets and plaques each bearing a different inscription have been added to the cairn. Main tablet weights 2 cwt.
Inscription: Tablet 1: BRITAIN'S HIGHEST WAR MEMORIAL/ FORT WILLIAM - DUDLEY (WORCS) CAIRN OF REMEMBRANCE/ ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN OF ALL RACES ON V.J. DAY, AUGUST 15TH 1945./ BY MEMBERS OF VICAR STREET BIBLE CLASS, DUDLEY/ WHO WERE THEN [...] THE HOSPITALITY/ OF THEIR SCOTTISH FRIENDS AT FORT WILLIAM/ FROM THIS MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL/ THE AFFECTIONATE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP IS EXTENDED/ TO THE YOUTH OF EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD/ DEDICATED BY THE REV. J.A. [...] AUGUST 9TH 1949./ UNVEILED BY THE PROVOST DONALD CAMERON/ BOTH OF FORT WILLIAM Tablet 2: A TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN OF ALL NATIONS/ FROM THE YOUTH ASSOCIATED WITH/ THE WORLD FEDERATION OF/ UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS/ AND THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MOVEMENT/ OF THE UNITED NATIONS/ WHO IN THIS YEAR 1965 DESIGNATED BY THE/ 113 MEMBER NATIONS OF THE UN/ AS INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION YEAR/ ARE DETERMINED IN THE WORDS OF THE CHARTER/ TO SAVE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS/ FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR/ WHICH TWICE IN OUR LIFETIME/ HAS BROUGHT UNTOLD SORROW/ TO MANKIND AUGUST THE 17TH 1965/ BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): Bert Bissell and the boys of the Vicar St Bible Class, Dudley, Stone Carver
International Student Movement, Stone Carver
Sponsored By: A gift from the World Federation of United NationsAssociations
Maintenance History: CONDITION GOOD ALTHOUGH WEATHERING INEVITABLE GIVEN THE LOCATION

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Ben Nevis Peace Memorial

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