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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Dover
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57771
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Current location
Marine Parade Gardens
Marine Parade
Dover
Dover
Kent
CT16 1LQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 32250 41295
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A sculpture of a merchant navy officer holding a pair of binoculars, surmounting a square plinth which bears dedications written in black lettering.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945/ THEY SUSTAINED HEAVY LOSSES,/ 1 IN 3 MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN/ DID NOT SURVIVE THE WAR./ MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN KILLED 30,248/ MISSING 4,654/ WOUNDED 4,707/ PRISONER OF WAR 5,720/ TOTAL OF CASUALTIES 45,329./ Look out to sea and say a prayer/ For those who rest beneath,/ They gave their lives, that you may share/ A Europe that is free/ Donald Hunter 2008. 3 o'clock face: IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ 'OPERATION NEPTUNE'/ THE CODE-NAME FOR THE D-DAY LANDINGS/ JUNE 6TH TO SEPTEMBER 1944./ THE LARGE SEABORNE OPERATION TO LAND/ AND SUPPLY OUR ARMIES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE./ ITS OBJECTIVE WAS TO FREE FRANCE,/ AND SO COMPLETE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE/ 'LIBERATION OF EUROPE'/ ONE OF THESE CONVOY ROUTES/ TO THE LANDING BEACHES/ WAS FROM LONDON DOCKS VIA THE DOVER STRAITS/ TO NORMANDY./ THE ENEMY ATTACKS ON THIS CONVOY ROUTE/ ALONG THE FRENCH OCCUPIED & HEAVILY FORTIFIED/ COAST TOOK A HEAVY TOLL/ IN THE LIVES OF MERCHANT SEAMEN. 9 o'clock face: 'THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC'/ THIS WAS THE LONGEST BATTLE OF WWII/ WHICH LASTED FROM/ SEPTEMBER 1939 UNTIL MAY 1945./ DURING THIS BATTLE THE MERCHANT NAVY/ SUSTAINED THEIR HEAVIEST LOSSES OF SHIPS/ AND THEIR CREWS./ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE SEAMEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ORDER/ TO KEEP BRITAIN'S 'LIFELINE' OPEN/ TO TRANSPORT TROOPS/ AND VITAL WAR MATERIALS./ THEY PAID A HEAVY PRICE. 12 o'clock face: THIS MERCHANT NAVY MEMORIAL/ WAS FUNDED BY DONATIONS TO THE/ 'DOVER & DISTRICT MERCHANT NAVY MEMORIAL FUND.'/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY SEAMEN/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II./ FOUNDER AND FUND-RAISER/ DONALD HUNTER, LEGION D'HONNEUR M.N. (WWII)/ SCULPTOR: VIVIEN MALLOCK.
- 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
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- Dover and District Merchant Navy
- WMO ID: 68118
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: Free
Memorial: £47,000- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate,private,public
- Responsibility
- Dover & District Merchant Navy Memorial Fund.
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