Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Newport
- Town
- Newport
- County
- Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17 November 2012
Attended by: Councillor John Guy, Mayor of Newport - Dedicated
Date: 17 November 2012
Attended by: Edward Mathias-Jones - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65611
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Current location
Access by public way
on USK Riverside walk way.
Mariners Green
Usk Riverside Walkway
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP20 2GA
Wales
OS Grid Ref: ST 32116 87196
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough hewn Stone of Remembrance. Plaque with dedicatory inscription, then a poem, below which is the Merchant Navy Emblem.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF RAYMOND VICTOR STEED (1st OCTOBER 1928-26th APRIL 1943)/ THE SECOND YOUNGEST BRITISH SERVICES RECRUIT TO DIE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR./ HE WAS JUST 14 YEARS AND 207 DAYS WHEN THE SHIP ON WHICH HE WAS A GALLEY BOY/ SS EMPIRE MORN, WAS BLOWN UP AFTER IT HIT A "U" BOAT MINE ON 26th APRIL 1943/ (...)/ followed by a poem.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Steed, Raymond Victor
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, date of birth, date of death, service, age, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 970mm, width 680mm
Materials: Slate - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Condition
- Costs
Comments: Funds raised by the Raymond Steed Memorial Fund
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Other website www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?
- South Wales Argus 22 November 2012
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