Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bromley
- Town
- Beckenham
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Regimental Memorials
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5th January 1944
Attended by: MAYOR OF BECKENHAM
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40793
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Current location
TS Sikh Sea Cadet Hut
TS Sikh Sea Cadet Unit
290 Kent House Road
Beckenham
Bromley
Greater London
BR3 1JG
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 35890 70150
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Town Hall
Bromley Road
Beckenham
Bromley
Greater London
BR3 5JQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 37497 69583
Denomination: Undefined
- Town Hall
- Description
- Rectangular metal plaque mounted on a black coloured backboard. Inscription in relief.
- Inscription
- IN TRIBUTE/ TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER,/ OFFICERS AND SHIPS COMPANY OF/ H.M.S. SIKH/ A DESTROYER OF THE TRIBAL CLASS ADOPTED/ BY THE BOROUGH OF BECKENHAM/ WHICH FOUGHT ITS LAST AND VERY GALLANT/ ACTION OFF TOBRUK ON THE NIGHT OF 13/14TH SEPTEMBER 1942; AND IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT ACTION./ OF HER LAST GLORIOUS MOMENTS IT IS WRITTEN;/ "THE SIKH CONTINUED TO FIGHT ALTHOUGH SHE WAS/ UNDER DIRECT FIRE OF THE SHORE BATTERIES ONLY/ A MILE AWAY. AS WE STEAMED AWAY FROM BATTERED / TOBRUK A TALL COLUMN OF SMOKE RISING FROM/ THE SEA WAS OUR LAST SIGHT OF THE DESTROYER/ HIT AND DISABLED BY SHORE BATTERIES HER CREW/ WERE STILL AT THE GUNS BLAZING BACK AT THE/ ENEMY. A GREAT FIRE RAGED ON BOARD HER AS/ SHELL AFTER SHELL TORE INTO HER SIDE. BUT HER/ COMMANDING OFFICER STILL REFUSED TO ABANDON/ SHIP. AS THE COLUMN OF SMOKE FADED FROM VIEW/ THE FLASH OF HER GUNS AND SPURTS OF/ FLAMES FROM THE SHORE BATTERIES COULD STILL BE/ SEEN. IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF SINCE SHE/ WAS FIRST HIT BUT SHE WOULD NOT GIVE IN"/ "SICUT LEONES."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Regimental Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- 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 - Responsibility
- SEA CADET UNIT
- Reference
- BROMLEY WAR MEMORIALS VOLUME TWO by RASON, PAUL 99-110 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY NOV 1999 BROMLEY
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