Memorial details

Memorial type
Cairn
District
Lochaber
Town
above Fort William
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Peace and Anti-War memorials
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 15 August 1945
    Attended by: Bert Bissell and the boys of the Vicar St Bible Class, Dudley
  • Unveiled
    Date: 17th August 1965
    Attended by: Undefined
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13464

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Current location

Summit of Ben Nevis
above Fort William
Lochaber
Highland
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NN 16675 71282
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rough stone cairn built at the top of Ben Nevis. The cairn was originally built in 1945 and dedicated in 1949. Over the following years multiple stone tablets and plaques each bearing a different inscription have been added to the cairn.
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
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Peace and Anti-War memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
History
CONDITION GOOD ALTHOUGH WEATHERING INEVITABLE GIVEN THE LOCATION
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/20585430.dudley-hikers-set-ninth-memorial-ascent-ben-nevis/ - accessed 17 October 0222

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