Memorial

HMS Stevenstone

1/2

Current Location

Barnstaple Guildhall , Butchers Row, Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, EX31 1BW

SS 55788 33247

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 108041
Description: Wall mounted, portrait oriented oak backboard supporting an engraved brass plaque. Majority of inscription and all of the names infilled with black paint, name of ship, date of death and final inscription verse infilled with red paint. An engraving of a destroyer is located below the names list and above the final verse.
Inscription: This tablet is dedicated to the proud memory of the / 14 crew members who lost their lives when H.M.S. / Stevenstone, a Hunt Class Destroyer of the 1st. / Destroyer Flotilla, was mined off the Walcheren / Islands on the night of 30th November 1944. / (14 Names) / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: Service, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, forename, initial, surname
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname

Unveiled

3 September 1988

2 Sisters of one of the dead men

Backboard

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good