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    Memorial

    Jet of Iada (The London Blitz and William Pit, Whitehaven)

    Entire memorial - 6 o'clock face

    Source: Copyright Pauline Hayward

    1/2

    Current Location

    Calderstones Park Flower Garden, Calderstones, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18 3JD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 40621 87563

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    © WMR-15397

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    Type of Memorial
    Animal figure
    WMR Reference Number
    15397
    Description
    STONE PEDESTAL SURMOUNTING A SQUARE STONE BASE UPON WHICH IS THE INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. ON THE FRONT IS A CAST METAL HEAD OF A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
    Inscription
    6 O'CLOCK FACE: JET OF IADA / DICKIN MEDAL AND MEDALLION / FOR VALOUR. FIRST RESCUE DOG / AIR RAIDS 2ND WORLD WAR. 9 O'CLOCK FACE: RESCUE DOG / WILLIAM PIT DISASTER / AUGUST 1947 12 O'CLOCK: LED BY CIVIL DEFENCE / THROUGH LONDON / IN / THE VICTORY PARADE / JUNE 1946. 3 O'CLOCK FACE: JET BELONGED / TO MANKIND / AND NEVER FAILED.
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Custodian
    LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL

    Components

    Pedestal

    Height: 1210 MM

    Width: 760 MM

    Depth: 680 MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    • See file reference YDX 547 at Whitehaven Archive Centre