Ramsgate Naval Forces and HMTorpedo Boat No 4

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Cross
District: Thanet
Town: Ramsgate
County: Kent
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 16197

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Current location

Ramsgate Cemetery
Cecilia Road
Ramsgate
Thanet
Kent
CT11 7EA
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 38596 66146
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

FOUR STEPPED PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY A TALL SLENDER PILLAR AND SMALL LATIN CROSS. INSCRIPTION AT THE TOP OF THE PILLAR AND ON THE KERB STONES ROUND THE BURIAL AREA ROYAL NAVY FOULED ANCHOR ON FRONT FACE, WREATHS ON EACH FACE AT THE TOP OF THE PILLAR.

Inscription

COLUMN: IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ OF HIS MAJESTYS NAVAL/ FORCES/ AT RAMSGATE WHO GAVE/ OVER THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE WAR/ KERBING: BENEATH THIS CROSS REST THE BODIES OF (names) WHO DIED IN THE RAMSGATE HARBOUR EXPLOSION OF H.M.T.B NO 4 ON 26TH MAY 1917

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Beer, S V J
Berry, M
Bisk, J H
Brookshaw, J J
Flintham, W
Hennesse, A L
Heyworth, J B
Hocking, R H
Judge, S W
Martin, T
See details for all 14 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, date of death, place of death, manner of death
Order of information: surname

Components

Cross
Measurements: depth 45cm, height 360cm, width 45cm
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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History

2005: Members of Royal Naval Association cleared area around memorial of overgrown vegetation

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

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