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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Cowes
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01st January 1982
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21784
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Current location
THE PARADE
PAVILION
Cowes
Medina
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 490 950
Denomination: Undefined
- Inscription
- THE MEDINA BOROUGH COUNCIL/ THIS PLAQUE IS TO RECORD THE/ SINCERE APPRECIATION OF/ THE RESIDENTS OF EAST AND WEST COWES/ TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE/ POLISH SHIP/ THE BLYSKAWICA/ WHO ON THE 5TH MAY 1942/ BRAVELY AND SELFLESSLY DEFENDED THE TOWN/ AGAINST ENEMY AIR ATTACK/ AND THEREBY REDUCED THE CASUALTIES/ AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE AIR RAIDS/ AUGUST 1982/ F K BAILEY, MAYOR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
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
- History
- VERY BADLY PITTED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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