Inscription on the Memorial - Battle of the Falkland Islands 8th of December 1914

IN COMMEMORATION

of the

BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

Fought on the 8th day of December 1914

In which the British Squadron

Invincible, Inflexible, Carnarvon, Kent, Cornwall, Glasgow, Bristol, Canopus & Macedonia.

Under the command of Vice-Admiral SIR F.C. DOVETON STURDEE K.C.B., C.V.O.C.M.G., destroyed the German Squadron under Vice-Admiral Graf Von Spee

Thereby saving this colony from capture by the enemy