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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: 17th August 1965
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- 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
- Description
- ROUGH STONE CAIRN SURMOUNTED BY SMALL AND VERY PLAIN CROSS.THE ISM PLAQUE IS NOT THE ONLY TABLET BUT IS THE ONLY LEGIBLE INSCRIPTION FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH. AT LEAST THREE OTHER TABLETS AND ONE SMALL BRASS PLAQUE CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
- Inscription
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Condition
- History
- CONDITION GOOD ALTHOUGH WEATHERING INEVITABLE GIVEN THE LOCATION
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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