Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Plymouth
- Town
- Plymouth
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1st May 1988
Attended by: COMMODORE J CARINE RN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46004
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Current location
The Belvedere Garden of Remembrance
Hoe Road
Plymouth
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 3DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 47454 53802
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- ALBERT GATE
Devonport Dockyard
Devonport
Plymouth
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- ALBERT GATE
- Description
- Bronze PLAQUE LAID HORIZONTALLY ON A GRANITE BASE. LARGE CENTRAL POLISH NAVAL CREST CONSISTING OF AN EAGLE HOLDING A CROSS AND FOULED ANCHOR
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ POLISH NAVY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FIGHTING/ ALONGSIDE THEIR BRITISH COMRADES 1939 - 1945/ THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OPPOSITE/ THE SITE OCCUPIED BY POLISH NAVAL BARRACKS DURING THE WAR/ M LUBELSKI SCULP. 1950 Small brass plaque 1-THIS MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY/ SITED AT THE OLD FORE ST GATE/ NEAR THE POLISH NAVAL CAMP./ WITH THE REBUILDING OF THE DOCKYARD/ IT WAS MOVED TO THIS SPOT AT THE REQUEST/ OF THE POLISH NAVAL ASSOCIATION Small brass plaque 2- THIS MEMORIAL WAS MOVED FROM THE ALBERT GATE DEVONPORT/ DOCKYARD BY THE POLISH NAVAL ASSOCIATION PLYMOUTH BRANCH/A DNREDEDICATED MAY 1ST 1988 AND WAS UNVEILED BY/ COMMODORE J CARINE R.N./ IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH/ COUNCILLOR/ (FOLLOWED BY LIST OF NAMES OF WARSHIPS OF THE POLISH NAVY)
- 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 920mm, width 1020mm
Materials: Bronze - Plinth
Measurements: depth 1150mm, height 500-230mm, width 1190mm
Materials: Granite
- 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
- PLYMOUTH POLISH NAVY MEMORIAL - WW2
- WMO ID: 78891
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- PWD 37
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