Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Perth And Kinross
- Town
- Perth
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 82111
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Current location
St Matthew's Church
Tay Street
Perth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 5LQ
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 12057 23569
Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description
- Bronze Dedication Plaque on a wooden backboard with an explanatory bronze plaque below
- Inscription
- Dedication Plaque-IN MEMORY/OF THESE MEN OF THE/2ND BN/THE BLACK WATCH/R.H.R./WHO WERE DROWNED IN/THE CYCLONE OF 1942/[names in 2 columns]/ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES Explanatory Plaque-THE ABOVE IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE MEMORIAL,/CAST IN KHARAGPUR RAILWAY WORKSHOPS, WHICH/WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP IN THE VILLAGE OF/CONTAI, IN ORISSA, NEAR WHICH THE TRAGEDY/OCCURRED. IN 1947 IT WAS REMOVED TO/THE BRITISH CEMETERY IN CALCUTTA WHERE/IT WAS REGRETTABLY DESTROYED BY VANDALS./THIS REPLICA IS THE GIFT OF THE/FATHER OF ONE OF THE BOYS-/CHARLES FERGUSON- OF HOBART, TASMANIA/AND IS GIVEN PERMANENT PLACE HERE/TO THE GLORY OF GOD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, W
Clague, T
Crockett, T
Davidson, M
Ferguson, C
Gardiner, J
Harper, S
Mcbeth, J
Mclean, G
Mcnaughton, J
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, service number, manner of death, date of death
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Condition
- 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Cyclone 1942)
- WMO ID: 269261
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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