Memorial

HMS Glatton Burial Tablet

J S T Corke 4.4.00

Source: Copyright J S T Corke 4.4.00

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Current Location

Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Woodlands Rd, Gillingham, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME7 2DX, England

TQ 78929 67897

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 1586
Description: Stone tablet set into a stone wall.
Inscription: THIER NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/OF FOUR OFFICERS AND NINETY-FOUR MEN WHO LOST/THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE DISASTER TO H.M.S. GLATTON/ON THE 16TH SEPTEMBER 1918 ONE OFFICER AND FIFTY-SIX/MEN ARE BURIED IN THIS GRAVE. (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 57
Died: 57
Information shown: Rank, year died, regiment, place of burial, age of death, additional
Order of names: Surname

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Stone of remembrance

Height: 1500MM

Width: 2000MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association Review Volume 22.1 (2009/10) page 38