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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:44 am Post subject: Bengal : 2nd Black Watch memorial 1942 |
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The Black Watch forum on the web has a section called "Black Watch pictures from my collection " by Ron Marsden and in the latest page of pictures (page 39) he as a Memorial to the 14 men from the 2nd Battalion the BLACK WATCH drowned in the cyclone of 1942 . The memorial was erected by their Comrades .
Lists the 14 OR's by name rank and number
The Memorial Photograph shows :
The Black Watch badge at the top with the following wording :
In Memory of these men of the 2nd Bn The Black Watch , RHR., who were drowned in the Cyclone of 1942 :
2885619 Pte W Brown
2760901 Pte T Claque
3316732 Pte T Crockett
3322773 Pte M Davidson
2879379 Pte C Ferguson
2759914 Pte J Gardiner
2763023 Pte S Harper
2754747 Pte T Milne
2756191 Pte J McBeth
2889115 Pte G McLean
2756592 L/cpl J M Naughton
3318252 Pte E Palmer
2885092 Pte R Paterson
3133467 Pte A Paterson
ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES
wonder where this Memorial is nowadays ?
patrick w anderson. |
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dhubthaigh Our first ever 1000-poster
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 5071 Location: Blairgowrie, Perthshire
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David McNay Administrator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 11425 Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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That's not the original, but as the explanatory plaque says, the original has since been destroyed. |
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