Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Southend On Sea
Town
Leigh On Sea
County
Essex
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
22565

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Current location

The Fisherman's Chapel
New Road
Leigh On Sea
Southend On Sea
Essex
SS9 2EA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 83690 85800
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Framed and Glazed Scroll in Caligraphy
Inscription
RENOWN AND LETITIA...DUNKIRK/ RENOWN LO88 BUILT 1928 BY MR W HAYWARD/ SOUTHEND-ON-SEA/ LETITIA LO220 BUILT 1937 BY JOHNSON & JAGO/ LEIGH-ON-SEA/ BOTH VESSELS TOOK PART IN THE EVACUATION/ OF THE BRITISH FORCES FROM DUNKIRK IN/ 1940. MODELS ARE IN PRITTLEWELL PRIORY/ MUSEUM. AFTER SEVERAL JOURNEYS 'RENOWN'/ WAS RETURNING EMPTY WHEN, HER ENGINES/ HAVING FAILED, AND TO BRING HER OUT OF/ DANGER, SHE WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY 'LETITIA'./ 'RENOWN' STRUCK A MINE AND WAS BLOWN/ UP; WILLIAM NOAKES (SKIPPER) AND THE/ COUSINS FRANK & LESLIE OSBORNE, TO-/ GETHER WITH A NAVAL RATING - HAROLD OSBORNE - WHO CONSTITUTED THE CREW, LOST THEIR LIVES. THE FIRST THREE NAMED WERE/ LEIGH MEN WHO HAD BEEN SCHOLARS IN THE/ SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THIS CHURCH./ SOUTHEND LIFEBOAT AND SIX OF THE LEIGH/ FISHING FLEET TOOK PART IN THE OPERATION./ IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE SIX BAWLEYS/ ALONE RESCUED A THOUSAND SOLDIERS FROM/ THE BEACHES AT DUNKIRK./ MR FRANK BRIDGES YACHT 'PEGGY' WAS ALSO/ ENGAGED IN THIS VENTURE BUT AFTER MUCH/ EXHAUSTING SERVICE BECAME WATERLOGGED/ AND IN THE EMERGENCY HAD TO BE/ ABANDONED.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Noakes, William
Osborne, Frank
Osborne, Harold
Osborne, Leslie
See details for all 4 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, manner of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, manner of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: height 530MM, width 345MM
    Materials: Wood
  • Scroll
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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