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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Portsmouth
Town
Portsmouth
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Unknown, First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: 31 May 1937
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
49294

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Current location

Located in front of the north wall to the left of the Lord Jellicoe Memorial WMR 49293
St Barbara's Church
Quarter Deck Avenue
HMS Excellent
Whale Island
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 8DX
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 63859 02330
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Illuminated book of remembrance. Book housed in a glass-topped wooden display case with blue felt lining. An anchor, where the lower part takes the form of a scroll, is carved in relief within the display case. A HMS Excellent cap tally has been converted into a weighted bookmark and sits within the book.
Inscription
Book title page: THIS BOOK/ WAS PLACED HERE/ ON 31ST MAY 1937/ IN REMEMBRANCE/ OF LORD JELLICOE/ & AS AN ADDITION/ TO THIS MEMORIAL/ UPON ITS PAGES/ are recorded the names of those Gunnery/ Officers, Commissioned Gunners, Gunners,/ Gunners' Mates, Ordnance Artificers and/ Chief Armourers who have laid down their/ lives while serving in the Royal Navy since/ the end of the Great War, together with the/ names of those especially connected with/ H.M.S. Excellent whom it is desired to/ remember here. Jellicoe memorial page: EARL JELLICOE/ G.C.B. O.M. G.C.V.O. LL.D. D.C.L./ ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET/ Qualified in Gunnery 1884/ Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet/ August 1914 – November 1916/ Died 20th November 1935 Second World War title page: H.M.S. EXCELLENT/ Book/ of/ Remembrance/ 1939-1945/ They shall not grow old,/ as we that are left grow old:/ Age shall not weary them, nor/ the years condemn./ At the going down of the sun/ and in the morning/ We will remember them.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbot, H D
Acland, K F D
Adams, B
Adshead, Q E
Airey, R R
Aldred, E J
Anstis, W R
Apps, J
Archbold, A J
Archdale, H
See details for all 567 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 313
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 313
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials, rank, date of death, unit, honours
    Order of information: date of death, surname
  • Unknown
    Total names on memorial: 251
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 251
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: initials, surname, honours, rank, year of death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: title, surname, honours, rank, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: height 290 mm, width 225 mm
    Materials: Unknown
  • Case
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Royal Navy
Reference

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