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Title
Royal Oak Memorial
Date
2011
Medium
granite, brick & cement
Measurements
H (?) x W 183 x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
KW15_ML_S1049
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
11 October 2011
Access
at all times
Inscription description
TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF / THE 834 MEN / OF / HMS ROYAL OAK / LOST IN SCAPA FLOW / OCTOBER 14TH 1939 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED / BY SURVIVORS / FAMILIES / AND FRIENDS OF / THE ROYAL OAK / ASSOCIATION AND / ORKNEY ISLANDS / COUNCIL / AD 2010 / UNVEILED BY / AGNES MCBARRON / NEE MILLAR / ON / 11TH OCTOBER 2011 / IN THE PRESENCE OF / ADMIRAL HOCKLEY / FLAG OFFICER / SCOTLAND / & NORTHERN IRELAND / HMS ROYAL OAK / COMMEMORATES THE TREE NEAR BOSCOBEL / IN WHICH CHARLES II / HID AFTER HIS ESCAPE / FROM THE FIELD OF WORCESTER / IN 1651 / SCUTUM REGIS / MOTTO: OLD BUT FIRM / ROYAL SOVEREIGN CLASS / BATTLESHIP / BUILT BY DEVONPORT DOCKYARD / BATTLE HONOURS / JUTLAND 1918 / WITH HMS RESOLUTION / TOOK PART IN / TROOP LANDINGS AT / LAPSEKI DARDANELLES / HMS. ROYAL OAK 1916–39