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Title
Peace Memorial
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 250 x W 250 x D 200 cm (E)
Accession number
PH33_DO_S117
Acquisition method
commissioned by Lochaber District Council with help from the Manpower Services commission
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Lochaber District Council
Custodian
Lochaber District Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
23rd March 1985
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front plaque: THIS PLAQUE / WAS UNVEILED ON 20TH AUGUST 1995 / BY COUNCILLOR NEIL M. CLARK, / CHAIRMAN OF / LOCHABER DISTRICT COUNCIL / TO COMMEMORATE / THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END / OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; left plaque (upper): INAUGURATED ON 23RD MARCH 1985 / BY THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF DUDLEY / COUNCILLOR MRS. LUCY HINGLEY J.P. / IN THE PRESENCE OF MR. SHINZO ADACHI / SECOND SECRETARY TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY / MR. BERT BISSELL. M.B.E. / OF THE VICAR STREET BIBLE CLASS, DUDLEY / MR. COLIN NEILSON J.P. / CHAIRMAN OF LOCHABER DISTRICT COUNCIL / AND SIR DONALD H. CAMERON OF LOCHEIL KT., CVO., TD / LORD LIEUTENANT OF INVERNESS-SHIRE / TO CLELBRATE THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN / DUDLEY, HIROSHIMA AND FORT WILLIAM / AND TO COMMEMORATE THE INTERNATIONAL / PEACE CAIRN ON THE SUMMIT OF BEN NEVIS / WHICH WAS RAISED BY THE YOUTH OF THESE THREE / COMMUNITIES IN THEIR HOPE FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD / MAY WE ALL WORK TOGETHER / FOR PEACE AND GOODWILL / AND LIVE TOGETHER AS ONE GREAT FAMILY / THIS MONUMENT WAS BUILT BY THE LOCHABER / DISTRICT COUNCIL WITH THE HELP OF / THE MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION / THE BELL TOWER CAME FROM THE FORT WILLIAM / TOWN HALL IN CAMERON SQUARE, / WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN DECEMBER 1975 / THE HALL WAS ORIGINALLY THE / MARYBURGH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND OF 1790 / WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO A HALL IN 1881 / AND LATER ALTERED TO BECOME / THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF / THE BURGH OF FORT WILLIAM. / THE GRANITE FOR THE PLINTH WAS SALVAGED / FROM THE WALLS OF THE OLD FORT; left plaque (lower): A TRIBUTE FROM THE / BOY SCOUTS OF U.S.A. / ROCK TAKEN FROM / OLD BALDY PEAK / PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH / AUGUST 18TH – 1984; rear plaque: Rotary and Peace the world over / Erected by the Rotary Club / of Lochaber 2009; right plaque (partly inscribed in Japanese): FROM THE YOUTH OF HIROSHIMA / IN THE HOPE THAT THE EXPERIENCE / OF 6TH AUGUST 1945 / WILL STRENGTHEN OUR SEARCH / FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD / JANUARY 1ST 1968 / HIROSHIMA JUNIOR CHAMBER / OF COMEMRCE, INC. / JAPAN
The Parade, Fort William
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