
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Duxford
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2419
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Current location
Lat 52.094599 Long 0.12816399
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Duxford
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB22 4QR
England
OS Grid Ref: 545884 246165
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Mersey Ferries Ltd.
Seacombe Ferry Terminal
Seacombe
Wirral
Merseyside
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 32504 90761
Denomination: Undefined
- Mersey Ferries Ltd.
- Description
- Brass plaque displayed on an easel, with badges of the Royal Marines, The Navy and The Marines Light Infantry, and high relief lettering.
- Inscription
- THE OFFICERS & MEN/ WHOSE NAMES APPEAR BELOW/ HAVING VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DARING ENTERPRISE/ DIED IN ACTION/ ON THIS VESSEL AT/ ZEEBRUGGE/ FIGHTING GLORIOUSLY FOR/ KING & COUNTRY/ APRIL 23RD 1918/ ROYAL NAVY/ (Names)/ ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY/ (Names)/ ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnes, George
Bostock, John
Bradford, G N
Bray, Harry J
Bult, R
Butler, E
Caine, John
Cornforth, W
Cowley, W G
Croft, T H
See details for all 70 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 70
Served and returned: 0
Died: 70
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment, rank, decorations, ship
Order of information: By regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 864mm, width 610mm
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
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