Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Broxbourne
- Town
- Cheshunt
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 November 2010
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63511
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Current location
Dahlia Close
Cheshunt
Broxbourne
Hertfordshire
EN7 6NW
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 32311 04652
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Commemorative street plaque.
- Inscription
- Borough of Broxbourne/ DAHLIA CLOSE/ EN7/ Unveiled by the Mayor of Broxbourne,/ Councillor MBJ Mills-Bishop on 11th December 2011/ to commemorate the close association between/ the people of Cheshunt and the Royal navy/ corvette H.M.S. Dahlia, which served with/ distinction during World War II.
- 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: additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- History
- Dec 2011: New plaque unveiled. Nov 2010;: Plaque destroyed by vandalism.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- Navy News February 2011.
- Other website www.scenefirst.co.uk
- Other website WWW.hertfordshiremercury
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