Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Dundee
Town
Dundee Harbour
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
Paul Grime and Jeremy Cunningham (Artist)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 17 September 2009
    Attended by: Duke of Gloucester
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
68951

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Current location

Do not follow sat nav for vehicular access; drive to end of road (memorial on left) and enter quay for parking.
H.M.S. Ambrose
Camperdown Street
Dundee Harbour
Dundee
Tayside
DD1 3HZ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 40916 30386
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Nine stones of remembrance standing upright facing towards one another. Largest stone features cut outs of submarine shapes in the bottom half of stone. Other stones feature etching of submarine, name of submarine and names of dead. Lettering engraved in white.
Inscription
Stone 1-HMS Oxley 10 September 1939/ (Names) Stone 2- HR MS O 13 JUNE 1940/ (Names) Stone 3- HMS THAMES AUGUST 1940/ (Names)/ HR MS O 22 NOVEMBER 1940/ (Names) Stone 4-RUBIS FNFL/ LOST OVERBOARD 23 AUGUST 1941/ Y.J.M. TURIER/ Operation Musketoon/ Landed in occupied Norway by/ Junon FNFL 15 SEPTEMBER 1942/ DIED OF WOUNDS 24 SEPTEMBER 1942/ (Names)/ EXECUTED 23 OCTOBER 1942/ (Names)/ UREDD 24 FEBRUARY 1943/ (Names)/ OPERATION SEAGULL, KOMPANI LINGE, NORWEGIAN ARMY/ (Names)/ OPERATION UPSILON SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE/ (Names)/ B-1 27 JULY 1944/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 296
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 296
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, manner of death, place of death, date of death service
    Order of information: place of death THEN surname
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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