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    Memorial

    Russian Arctic Convoys

    Overall View

    Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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    Current Location

    Rubha nan Sasan, at the road end, about 1 mile north of Cove, Loch Ewe, Ross And Cromarty, Highlands and Islands, IV22 2LT, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NG 81448 92130

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    © WMR-44550

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    Type of Memorial
    Stone of remembrance
    WMR Reference Number
    44550
    Description
    Stone of Remembrance with dedicatory inscription in black lettering on land facing side. badge of the Russian Convoy Club carved above the inscription.
    Inscription
    "IN MEMORY OF OUR SHIPMATES/ WHO SAILED FROM LOCH EWE/ DURING WORLD WAR II. THEY LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE BITTER ARCTIC SEA BATTLES/ TO NORTH RUSSIA/ AND NEVER RETURNED/ TO THIS TRANQUIL ANCHORAGE./ WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM."
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • THOMAS TOPHAM, Designer

    • T PEDDER, Sculptor

    Costs
    £3000
    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    August 2018-Plans announced for a new exhibition centre in a butchers shop at Aultbea, part funded by a £72,820 grant from the Scottish Land Fund to buy the building.
    Maintenance History
    2013, 9 May: Memorial service to commemorate the surviving veterans of the Arctic Convoy and the establishment of the campaign medal.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11th September 1999

    MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED IN THE PRESENCE OF MR YURI FOKINE, AMBASSADOR OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND MR I BULAM, RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND

    Custodian
    Russian Convoy Club

    Components

    Stone of remembrance

    Height: 1880mm

    Width: 3330mm


    Made from: Stone - Yorkshire


    Condition: Good


    • Local Publication/Booklet Winter 1999 Number 36 "1941 - 1945 The Arctic Lookout"
    • Local Publication/Booklet 2000 February "Sea Breezes"
    • http://www.russianarcticconvoymuseum.org/newsletter/fundingsuccessforracp