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General View - Taken by mhs 11 May 2013
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View of bell - Taken by mhs 11 May 2013
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View of dedication plaque - Taken by mhs 11 May 2013
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View of information plaque - Taken by mhs 11 May 2013
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Peace Bell - Taken by Ynyr Owen 11 Aug 2018
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Inscription on memorial - Taken by Ynyr Owen 11 Aug 2018
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Inscription on memorial - Taken by Ynyr Owen 11 Aug 2018
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The Peace Bell - Taken by Ynyr Owen 11 Aug 2018
Reference WMO/246452
Edit memorial name, location & address- Metal Metal (any)
- Stone Stone (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Dedicatory plaque: (Japanese inscription)/ 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 COMMERCE, INC./ JAPAN Other plaque: 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 LOCHIEL KT. C.V.O. T.D./ TO CELEBRATE 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/ THE MONUMENT WAS BUILT BY THE LOCHABER/ DISTRICT COUNCIL WITH THE HELP OF/ THE MANPOWER SERVICE COMMISSION/ THE BELL TOWER CAME FROM FORT WILLIAM/ TOWN HALL IN CAMERON SQUARE,/ WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN DECEMBER 1975/ MARYBURGH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND OF 1790/ WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO A HALL IN 1881/ AND LATER ALTERED TO BECOME/ THE COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS OF/ THE BURCH OF FORT WILLIAM./ THE GRANITE FOR THE PLINTH WAS SALVAGED/ FROM THE WALLS OF THE OLD FORT Other plaque: 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 COMMERCE, INC. / JAPAN Other plaque: Rotary and Peace the world over / Erected by the Rotary Club / of Lochaber 2009 Other plaque: A TRIBUTE FROM THE / BOY SCOUTS OF U.S.A. / ROCK TAKEN FROM / OLD BALDY PEAK / PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH / AUGUST 18TH 1964 Other 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
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