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Fort William, Union Road, The Highland Hotel

War Memorial (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Fort William, Union Road, The Highland Hotel

Classification War Memorial (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 330170

Site Number NN17SW 93

NGR NN 10120 73667

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/330170

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmallie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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External Reference (22 April 2013)

HMS St Christopher memorial in Fort William. It is in front of the Highland Hotel which was the headquarters of the base during WWII.

'H.M.S. ST. CHRISTOPHER

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We in Coastal Forces came to Fort William during the Second Great War

and were billeted in the Highland, Waverley and Grand Hotels.

The Royal Navy gave them the collective name of H.M.S. St. Christopher.

On Loch Linnhe we learnt the art of small boat management.

As veterans we have returned to the Highland Hotel each year

Since 1985 to remember a great many of our shipmates who were

lost in that conflict and subsequently.

Lest we forget….

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We shall Remember them.

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This cairn is erected by the North British Hotels Trust and

through the goodness of Norris D. Beith OBE, its chairman.'

Information from M Briscoe, 22 April 2013

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

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