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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Rochester Upon Medway
Town: Chatham
County: Kent
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 41077

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Current location

St George’s Centre
Pembroke Road
Chatham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME4 4UH
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 76420 69510
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Wooden board with three metal plaques. A badge and banner at the top and a carved fish in each lower corner. With associated flag presented by town of Ajax, Ontario

Inscription

Banner:- REST ETERNAL / GRANT / UNTO / THEM O LORD / / Upper plaque:- THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE SHIPMATES OF THE / SEVENTY SEVEN OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER / PLATE ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1939, WHEN THE BRITISH SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON / COMPOSED OF THE CRUISERS AJAX, ACHILLES AND EXETER DEFEATED THE / GERMAN BATTLESHIP ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE. // Centre plaque:- H.M.S. AJAX / (names) // H.M.S. ACHILLES / (names) // H.M.S. EXETER / (names) // Lower plaque:- IN MEMORY // TO THOSE ON BOARD H.M.S. AJAX WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN LATER ACTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN //

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

Components

Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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