Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51083
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Current location
In the Merchant Navy section
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 18241 14473
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tree with dedicatory rectangular blue coloured metal plaque set into the top of a brick plinth. Irish flag depicted at the top centre of the plaque
- Inscription
- DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE SERVING ON THE FOLLOWING NEUTRAL IRISH REGISTERED VESSELS/ LOST AS A RESULT OF GERMAN ACTION/ 1939 - 1945/ ESPECIALLY REMEMBERING THE 149 SEAMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ (Ship Names) CUIMHNIMIS (let us remember)/Irish Born Merchant Seamen/who lost their lives in the/Arbeitserziehungslager Nazi Forced Labour Camp Bremen-Farge/1943-45
- 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: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick
- 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
- Neutral Irish Registered Vessels Memorial
- WMO ID: 255115
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2007: plaque was refurbished by the National Arboretum and an additional plaque was fixed to the front of the plinth dedicated to five Irish born Merchant Seaman captured while serving on British ships and who lost their lives in the Arbeitserziehungslager Nazi Slave Labour camp, Bremen, Farge, 1943 - 45.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Irish Seamen's Relatives Association is responsible for the memorial while the maintenance is by the National Arboretum.
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