Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- Western Islands
- Town
- Stornoway (Isle Of Lewis)
- County
- Western Isles
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 8 May 1995
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63437
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Current location
Former location of RNR Stornoway Practice Battery.
Battery Point
Stornoway (Isle Of Lewis)
Western Islands
Western Isles
HS1 2RY
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NB 43229 32224
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two 19th Century six-inch Armstrong breach loading guns with plaque bearing inscription mounted by entrance to power station. Guns rescued from shoreline.
- Inscription
- (Inscription unknown.)
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gun
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Gun
- Condition
- RNR Stornoway Practice Battery
- WMO ID: 260056
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 04-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1995, May 8: Guns placed at site of old battery for 50th anniversary of VE Day. Late 1940s: Guns uncovered during construction of power station.
- Costs
Comments: Guns were rescued from shoreline.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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