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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dover
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27th November 1918
Attended by: Lady Keyes - Dedicated
Date: 27th November 1918
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Dover - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58094
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Current location
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Dover
Kent
CT16 1NH
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 31940 41380
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- TS Lynx Sea Cadets HQ
Archclffe Fort
Dover
Dover
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Holy Trinity
Strond Street
Dover
Dover
Kent
CT17
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 316 407
Denomination: Church of England - Show More (1)
- TS Lynx Sea Cadets HQ
- Description
- Hinged tryptich board with pediment and base board. Central panel with beaten copper cross. Small brass dedication panel on base board.
- Inscription
- Pediment: 1914 1919/ TRAWLER AND MINE-SWEEPING PATROL/ DOVER Central Panel: Greater Love Hath No Man/ Than This/ (Names) Left panel: (Names) Right Panel: (Names) Lower panel, plaque: In Affectionate Memory of George Thorold Davidson, Sub-Lieut. RNVR, Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division Oct 25 1916 And in Memory of the Officers and Men of the Trawlers and Minesweeping Patrol Patrol who have made the Supreme Sacrifice (exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 315
Served and returned: 0
Died: 315
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 130mm, height 2150mm, width 1600mm
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
- Board
- 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
- History
- 1981: Partly restored by Ray Smith
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Dover Museum (Dover District Council)
- Reference
- Dover Express p.16 16 August 2001 'Memories' article.
- Dover and the Great War by J B Firth p79 Published:Alfred Leney & Co 1919 Dover
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