Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Alrewas
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Yangtse Incident (1949)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61721
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Current location
Memorial is no. 405 in Blue Zone at far end of Yeomanry Avenue
near gravel works.
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 1822914731
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Circular planting of 48 Chinese euonymus plants commemorates each life lost during the Yangtze Incident Within the planting, a circular tablet of black polished granite with a dedicatory inscription in gold lettering on a four sided square base. The memorial is raised on a short round stone pillar. Trees planted to commemorate the four ships involved.
- Inscription
- On circular tablet "YANGTZE INCIDENT GROVE"/ COMMEMORATING/ THE LOSS OF OUR 46 SHIPMATES/ YANGTZE RIVER APRIL 1949/ "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"/ On 4 sides of base: HMS AMETHYST/ IN MEMORY OF 21 SHIPMATES KILLED IN 1949/ HMS CONSORT/HMS BLACK SWAN/ HMS LONDON/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Yangtse Incident (1949)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Yangtse Incident (1949)
- Components
- Avenue
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Avenue
- 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
- Yangtze Incident
- WMO ID: 254024
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website tinyurl.com/5uvqfmq
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