Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bristol
- Town
- Avonmouth
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 Sep 1920
Attended by: REV S DE JERSEY
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7322
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Current location
International Seafarers Centre
Gloucester Road
Avonmouth
Bristol
Avon
BS11 9AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 515 781
Denomination: Non-Denominational
- Previous locations
- 124
Missions to Seamen Building
Portview Road
Avonmouth
Bristol
Avon
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- 124
- Description
- Rectangular plaque with decorated border. Lettering in black and red.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY/ OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES/ (OF THE CATERING DEPT)/ WHO WERE DROWNED 13TH AUGUST 1915/ IN HIS MAJESTYS TRANSPORT SS ROYAL EDWARD/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL EDWARD ATHLETIC AND SOCIAL CLUB
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Avery, J
Bannister, E
Barral, O
Brooks, B J
Burchett, A
Cooper, J W
Downing, H W
Duckham, T
Duffner, L
Echevarri, A J
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 48CM, width 68CM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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