Memorial

Swansea Merchant Navy

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Technium Square, Langdon Road, Swansea, Swansea, West Glamorgan, SA1 8PL, Wales

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SS 66359 93055

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 65493
Description: Granite pillar on plinth, surmounted by a circular naval device. On the plinth at west side is a marble statue of a Merchant Seaman wearing a duffle coat and hat. At base of statue is the word VIGILANCE. On the east side is a marble statue of a fisherman wearing waterproof clothing and holding a fishing net. At the base of statue the word STRENGTH. At the top of the plinth on the four sides are the words DUX above fisherman, GAELT above names and LUX above merchant seaman. NOSTER above Merchant Navy crest and poem.
Inscription: When the Master of Masters holds Judgement/ And the Devils dark Angels have flown,/ When the Clerk of the Heavenly Council/ Decrees that the Names shall be shown -/ They will stand out in Glittering letters,/ Inscribed with blood they have shed./ Names of Ships - and the Seamen who Manned them -/ Then the Ocean can give up its Dead./ Anon/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE." Plaque: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY/ MARJORIE THOMPSON-JONES NEE FRENCH/ ON THE 26TH JUNE 2005 Tablet: The Merchant Navy Association of/ Swansea would like to express our deepest/ gratitude to the people of Swansea who/ dug deep into their pockets to provide this/ Memorial in honour of the men and boys of/ the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who/ paid the ultimate sacrifice in the 1939-1945/ Second World War and have no grave but/ the sea./ "AND SOME THERE BE WHICH HAVE NO/ MEMORIAL, WHO ARE PERISHED AS/ THOUGH THEY HAD NEVER BEEN"

Commemoration

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 98
Died: 98
Information shown: surname, forenames, age of death
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: details of names list not known- no images available

Number Commemorated: 7
Died: 7
Information shown: surname, forenames, age of death
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): MR PHILIP CHATFIELD, Designer

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