The War Memorial and Clocktower commemorates Montserratians who died in World Wars I and II. Initially, the memorial was covered by ash and rocks.
Since then, heavy rainfalls remobilised pyroclastic deposits and gradually buried the war memorial.
The clocktower and war memorial in Plymouth in the 1960s. Credit: MVO Archive. Date: 1960s
This photo was taken just before the onset of the eruption. Credit: MVO Archive. Location: Plymouth War Memorial and Clocktower. Date: 1995
The War Memorial after the first pyroclastic flows reach Plymouth. Credit: MVO Archive
The clock tower was gradually covered by deposits from the volcano. Credit: David Sanger / Alamy.
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