Memorial

HMS Jackdaw (Crail Airfield)- Book of Remembrance

The Book of Remembrance

Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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Current Location

Crail Museum and Heritage Centre, 62/64 Marketgate, Crail, North East Fife, Fife, KY10 3TL, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NO 61305 07763

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 5751
Description: Book of Remembrance on a wooden lectern. The book is modern desktop printed pages, each in it's own plastic sleeve. Embroidered hanging of Station Crest above the book
Inscription: Front Page-HMS JACKDAW/BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/[photo of the station crest]/"If I take the wings of the morning, and/dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,/even there thy hand shall lead me, and/thy right hand shall hold me"/Psalm CXXXIX Other Pages- [names] Dedicatory Sign- H.M.S. JACKDAW REMEMBRANCE/Book of Remembrance by Harold Harrison/ex P.O. Radio Mechanic/1943-46/Jackdaw Crest by Mrs Heather Armitage, Crail/Lectern by Myles Auchinleck, Crail/Gifted by a local benefactor/The Book of Remembrance was dedicated/at Crail Parish Kirk on 15 May 1994.

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service number, details of service, place of burial, additional, date of death
Additional Information: details of names list not known

History

Maker(s): Harold Harrison, ex P.O. Radio Mechanic at HMS Jackdaw 1943-46, Makers
Mrs Heather Armitage of Crail, Weaver/ Embroiderer
Myles Auchinleck of Crail, Joiner

Ceremonies

Dedicated: 15 May 1994

Conservation

Custodian: Crail Museum

Components

Book

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good

Lectern

Made from: Wood