The Shetland Bus Memorial

Memorial Details
Location:	Main Street, Scalloway.
Structure:	Stone cairn with plaques and sculpture.
Date Unveiled:	Unveiled, 21st June 2003
War:	World War 2
Names on Memorial:	44
OS Map Reference:	HU400395
UKNIWM No.:	Not listed

The Shetland Bus Memorial is located at the waterfront on Main Street, Scalloway.

The bonds between Scalloway and Norway have been very strong since wartime, and in 2001, the Scalloway Community Council decided that a permanent Shetland Bus Memorial had to be made.
After a public meeting, the Shetland Bus Friendship Society was set up, with Jack Burgess as Chairman, Sandra Reynolds as secretary and William Smith as treasurer. The names and dates of the dead Shetland Bus crewmen were collected, and a photo archive was made.

Andholmen by Alan Hart.

After a public ballot, David Cooper's design of the memorial was choosed. Alan Hart was commissioned to make the top sculpture of "Andholmen", one of the"Bus - boats", and Alan Smiles got the contract to do the stonework.
The memorial is made of stones from bothShetland and Norway. The Shetland stones comes from Scalloway, Lunna, Kergord, Lerwick and Catfirth - all places that had a part of the Shetland Bus history. The Norwegian stones were collected from the home areas of all the 44 dead crewmen, and brought to Shetland with "Heland", another of the "Bus boats".
The Norwegian stones came from the following communes : Askvoll, Aukra, Austevoll, Bergen, Bremanger, Bømlo, Flakstad, Flekkefjord, Florø, Godøy, Gulen, Herøy, Kongsberg, Kragerø, Kvam, Kvinnherad, Radøy, Samnanger, Solund, Stord, Sund, Trondheim, Vågan and Ålesund.

The memorial was unveiled by Barbara Melkevik on June 21 2003.
The memorial bears four plaques with the names, age, year of death and name of ship of the dead crewmen.

The four memorial plaques :

The dead crewmen :

Name	Age	Year	Boat Name
Nils Nesse	23	1941	Siglaos
Karsten Sangolt	28	1941	Arthur
Ingvald Lerøy	21	1941	Blia
Arne Lerøy	24	1941	Blia
Even Fagerlid	27	1941	Blia
Olav Kvalheim	25	1941	Blia
Ole Økland	25	1941	Blia
Odd M. Svinøy	18	1941	Blia
Birger O. Bjørnsen	21	1941	Blia
Per Blystad	31	1942	Sjø
Mindor Berge	25	1942	Sjø
Bård Grotle	25	1942	Aksel
Schander Berg	26	1942	Aksel
Ivar L. Brekke	21	1942	Aksel
Tore Frøysa	26	1942	Aksel
John L. Odden	26	1942	Aksel
Ove Ålen	21	1942	Aksel
Harald Dyb	25	1942	Sandøy
Arthur Byrknes	25	1942	Sandøy
Nils Horgen	27	1942	Sandøy
Olav L. Kinn	27	1942	Sandøy
Olav Melkevik	28	1942	Sandøy
Ole Strandekleiv	19	1942	Sandøy
Kåre Støbakvik	21	1942	Sandøy
Ola Grotle	27	1943	Feiøy
Roald Strand	25	1943	Feiøy
Anders Geiterøy	23	1943	Feiøy
Ulf T. V. Johansen	25	1943	Feiøy
Johan Klungreset	27	1943	Feiøy
Harald Notøy	20	1943	Feiøy
Walter Olsen	23	1943	Feiøy
Hans H. Øvertveit	23	1943	Feiøy
Nils Vika	20	1943	Bergholm
Sverre Kverhellen	36	1943	Brattholm
Bjørn N. Bolstad	21	1943	Brattholm
Eric Reichelt	25	1943	Brattholm
Magnus Johan Kvalvik	29	1943	Brattholm
Harald Petter Ratvik	25	1943	Brattholm
Fritjof M. Skaugland	26	1943	Brattholm
Sjur Olai L. Trovaag	36	1943	Brattholm
Alfred A. Vik	23	1943	Brattholm
Olaf Skarpenes	49	1943	Bodø
Peder K. Nonås	18	1943	Boating accident
Ragnar E. Sandøy	32	1943	Boating accident

Below the four plaques, there are one, which bears the incription :

WE REMEMBER WITH DEEP RESPECT AND GRATTITUDE ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK OF THE SHETLAND BUS IN SHETLAND; NORWAY AND ON THE STORMY SEAS BETWEEN
THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOR FREEDOM.
In addition to the Shetland Bus Memorial, the Shetland Bus Friendship Society has put up information boards on the waterfront wall. There you can read and see pictures of the Shetland Bus story.

The information boards :

In a nearby window, you can also see four murals, made by the pupils of Scalloway School, that is dedicated to the memory of the Shetland Bus.

The murals :