- Type of Memorial
- Trophy / Relic
- WMR Reference Number
- 106446
- Description
- Shield shaped badge with a gold boarder. It depicts an eagle with its wings spread above a castle and two anchors against a blue background. Above the shield is an ornate design with sails and a jewel-like pattern. Below the shield is a laminated paper with black capitalised lettering and an image of a destroyer. The memorial commemorates H.M.S. Broadway which served during the Second World War.
- Inscription
- BROADWAY/
BADGE OF H.M.S. BROADWAY/ CAST OF PEARWOOD BADGE/ PRESENTED TO/ H.M.S. BROADWAY (EX.U.S.S. HUNT)/ BY THE CITIZENS OF THIS VILLAGE./ 1943./ GIVEN TO ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH/ IN MEMORY OF THE SEAMEN OF/ THE ROYAL NAVY,/ THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY/ AND THE MERCHANT NAVY/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/ BY THE FAMILY OF/ ALEC AND IRIS LOMAS,/ FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF/ THIS PARISH CHURCH/ FROM 1934 TO THEIR DEATHS/ IN 1965 AND 1997./
H.M.S. BROADWAY’S BELL/ THIS SHIP’S BELL OF THE DESTROYER H.M.S./ BROADWAY, 1,190 TONS, FORMERLY THE/ U.S.S. HUNT, WAS PRESENTED TO THE/ CITIZENS OF BROADWAY BY CAPT. R.G./ MACKAY, BRITISH NAVAL REPRESENTATIVE ON/ THE UNITED NATIONS MILITARY STAFF/ COMMITTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE ADMIRALTY./ MISS VIRGINIA HUNT, WHO LAUNCHED/ THE DESTROYER IN 1918, WAS ALSO PRESENT./ THE SHIP WAS RENAMED H.M.S. BROADWAY/ IN 1940 WHEN SHE WAS ONE OF 50/ DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO BRITAIN IN/ EXCHANGE FOR CARIBBEAN BASES.