Memorial

HMS St. Christopher - Cairn

H.M.S. ST. CHRISTOPHER Commemorative Cairn at the Highland Hotel - Front of hotel

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Current Location

The Highland Hotel., Union Road, Fort William, Lochaber, Highlands and Islands, PH33 6QY, Scotland

NN 10120 73667

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Type of Memorial: Cairn
WMR Reference Number: 69534
Description: Rectangular regular built cairn with apex. Atop the cairn is an anchor with chain. Dedicatory tablet affixed to cairn, above which is the emblem of the Coastal Forces Veterans Association. See also the memorabilia display-our reference 79764- inside the hotel
Inscription: H.M.S. ST. CHRISTOPHER/We in Coastal Forces came to Fort William during the Second Great War/and were billeted in the Highland, Waverley and Grand Hotels./The Royal navy gave them the collective name of H.M.S. St Christopher./On Loch Linnhe we learnt the art of small boat management./As veterans we have returned to the Highland Hotel each year/since 1985 to remember a great many of our shipmates who were/lost in that conflict and subsequently./Lest we forget...// We shall Remember them.// This cairn is erected by the North British Hotels Trust and/through the goodness of Norris D. Beith OBE, its chairman

Cairn

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good