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John O'Groat Journal: Outrage after plaque defaced by vandal

 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:40 pm    Post subject: John O'Groat Journal: Outrage after plaque defaced by vandal Reply with quote

In the John O'Groat Journal

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Outrage after plaque defaced by vandals

Published: 03 November, 2010

VANDALS in Wick have outraged locals after defacing a memorial plaque to sailors killed during a heroic wartime act.
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Nine Caithness men lost their lives when the HMS Jervis Bay was attacked and sunk in the Atlantic in 1940 while single-handedly defending a convoy.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sad that this has happened on the 70th Anniversary of the loss of the Jervis Bay.

I added a post to the SMRG blog about the Jervis Bay here:

http://scottishmilitary.blogspot.com/2010/11/on-this-day-in-scottish-military_05.html
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John O'Groat Journal


Warning for teenager who defaced memorial

Published: 03 December, 2010

A 14-YEAR-old girl has admitted defacing the HMS Jervis Bay memorial plaque in Wick last month.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been given a warning, according to Wick-based Detective Constable Graham Worton.

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http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8974/Warning_for_teenager_who_defaced_memorial.html
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A guid hard fit in the erse would have been far more appropriate.
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