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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- Copeland
- Town
- St Bees
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 18 May 1996
Attended by: (Named and Launched)-Lady Anne kerr - Dedicated
Date: 18 May 1996
Attended by: Rev Canon Philip Bryan, Chaplain of St Bees Priory - Show More (1)
- Opened
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 85194
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- Previous locations
- Lifeboat Station
The foreshore
St Bees
Copeland
Cumbria
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Lifeboat Station
- Description
- RNLI 'Atlantic 75' lifeboat (Fleet number B719), named after ' a courageous Great war serviceman', and funded by his widow, Florence (nee Gledstone). Patmore, born 1894 served in the RFC/RAF in WW1 and was a Civilian war casualty on 26 Feb 1944 at Barnet, North London.
- Inscription
- PERCY HENRY/PATMORE MBE MM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Patmore, Percy Henry
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, civilians, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Other structure
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Whitehaven News 23 May 1996- for full details and images
- CWGC Citation- www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3113316/patmore,-percy-henry/
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