Memorial
HMS Jervis Bay
HMS Jervis memorial
Source: David Payne
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Current Location
Set in curved stone wall oposite the Church gates, on a street wall opposite The Old Kirk (St Fergus'), High Street/Church Street junction, Wick, Caithness, Highlands and Islands, KW1 4DB, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
ND 36213 51176
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 75971
- Description
- Grey slate tablet with the lettering inscribed in white and an engraving of the ship at top centre
- Inscription
- HMS JERVIS BAY/5TH NOVEMBER 1940/IN MEMORY OF THE CAITHNESS/MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/(Namers) /LEST WE FORGET
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 9
- Died
- 9
- Information shown
- surname, forenames, age, place of death, date of death
- Order of names
- surname
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Slate
Condition: Good
- Photograph & much more information about the ship & her sinking- http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=2039&mforum=warmemscot
- John O'Groats Journal 10, 17 & 24 Nov 2006