Memorial
HM Transports Newhaven - WW1
Current Location
Memorial Garden, South Way junction with Bridge Street, Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, BN9 9PH, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 44665 01404
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Pillar / Column
- WMR Reference Number
- 17148
- Description
- A squat square pillar on a two-stepped base, surmounted by an orb. Merchant navy anchor device carved into the front face with the inscribed names organized by ship.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: THIS / MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY / OF THE CAPTAINS, OFFICERS, / AND SEAMEN OF H.M. TRANSPORTS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVE WHILST / SAILING FROM THIS PORT / DURING THE GREAT WAR, / 1914 TO 1918, / AND ALSO IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE VALUABLE SERVICES / RENDERED BY THE MERCANTILE / MARINE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM / DURING THE WAR // 9 o'clock face: S.S. COATH - OF PENZANCE. / 8TH. DECEMBER 1916. / (16 NAMES) / S.S. EXCHANGE - OF LIVERPOOL. / 23RD. MARCH 1917. / (8 NAMES) / S.S. ACHILLE ADAM - OF LONDON. / 23RD. MARCH 1917. / (6 NAMES) / S.S. LISBON - OF LIVERPOOL. / 30TH. MAY 1917. / (1 NAME) // 12 o'clock face: S.S. NIGEL - OF LEITH. 12TH. NOVEMBER 1915. / (5 NAMES) / S.S. MAINE - OF DIEPPE. 21ST. NOVEMBER 1917. / (29 NAMES) // 3 o'clock face: S.S. THE DUCHESS - OF GLASGOW. / 1ST JULY 1917 / (9 NAMES) / S.S. TWEED - OF GLASGOW. 13TH MARCH. 1918 / (7 NAMES) / S.S. RYE - OF GOOLE. 7TH APRIL 1918. / (4 NAMES) / S.S. UNITY - OF GOOLE. 2ND MAY 1918 / (12 NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 97
- Died
- 97
- Information shown
- Ship, date of death, forename initials, surname, rank, service
- Order of names
- Date of death
- Maker(s)
Mr C T Hooper (Surveyor to Newhaven Urban District Council), Designer
- Maintenance History
- 2018: Names becoming less easy to read on some of the tablets.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
20 August 1920
Bishop of Lewes; Lord Bessborough
Previous Location(s)
Junction of Meeching Road and Dacre Road , Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, BN9 9FA, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 44473 01347
Year of move
1970's
Reason for move
One way road system started
Riverside, Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, England
Year of move
1990's
Reason for move
Redevelopment of the West Quay.
Components
- Pillar
Made from: Stone - Blue Pennant
Condition: Good
- Tablets
Made from: Granite - Aberdeen
Condition: Good
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 190057
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Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', Vol 5, compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1992), p 24-26.
- "Fashionable and Personal", Kent & Sussex Courier, Friday 20 August 1920, p. 6.
- "Newhaven - Memorial to Transport Heroes", West Sussex Gazette, Thursday 19 August 1920, p. 10.