Memorial
HM Submarine H5
Submarine H5 - Names
Source: Elizabeth Whitney
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Current Location
Holyhead Maritime Museum, Newry Beach, Holyhead, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL65 1YD, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SH 24531 83227
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 108577
- Description
- Two wall mounted, portrait oriented plaques. The names plaque is nowy-headed.
- Inscription
- Plaque1: H5 / IN MEMORY OF THE CREW OF / H.M. SUBMARINE H5 / LOST IN CAERNARFON BAY / 2nd MARCH 1918 / (27 Names) / NON SIBI SED PATRIAE // Plaque 2: Non Sibi Sed Patriae / HMS H5 / LOST AFTER BEING IN COLLISION WITH / SS RULHERGLEN IN CAERNARVON BAY / 2ND MARCH 1918 / THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS / ALSO ON BOARD WAS AN AMERICAN OBSERVER / THE FIRST US SUBMARINER LOST IN THE GREAT WAR / At the going down of the sun and in the morning / we will remember them
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 27
- Died
- 27
- Information shown
- Submarine, place of death, date of death, forenames initials, title, surname, honours, rank
- Order of names
- Rank
- Additional Information
- Information sheet attached to the memorial, written by the maritime museum.
- Maker(s)
Ceremonies
- Custodian
- Holyhead Maritime Museum
Components
- Plaques
Made from: Metal
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 259799
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