Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Southsea
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14th May 1999
Attended by: ADMIRAL SIR JOCK SLATER
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40685
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Current location
D DAY MUSEUM
Southsea
Portsmouth
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 643 982
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. BADGE AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ARCTIC/ IN/ HMS CASSANDRA/ 11TH DECEMBER 1944/ (NAMES)/ MARK WELL THIS TIME IN PASSING YEARS/ WHEN MEN OF COURAGE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ SO LOST TO US THAT GREY DECEMBER/ MARK THIS DAY THAT BROUGHT US TEARS/ STILL REST QUIET 'NEATH THE WAVES/ BRAVE HEARTS, FOREVER THEM REMEMBER./ JOHN E BARNARD/ HMS CASSANDRA.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 62
Served and returned: 0
Died: 62
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: height 950MM, width 640MM
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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
- HMS CASSANDRA PLAQUE WW2
- WMO ID: 83865
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- D DAY MUSEUM
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