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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Heswall
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11402
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Church Farm Court
Heswall
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 260 830
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted rectangular carved oak board. Carving at top depicts Jesus in a fishing boat with four companions. Benetha the inscription is a carved cross set within in a circle.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR STANLEY/ WATKINSON/ AGED 47/ WHO WENT DOWN IN/ H.M.SUBMARINE THETIS/ LOST ON HER TRIALS/ LIVERPOOL BAY/ JUNE 1939/ They that go down to the sea in ships/ That do business in great waters/ These see the works of the LORD/ And His wonders in the deep
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
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