Memorial

WRNS Air Raid Casualties WW2

Source: Copyright John Gledhill

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Current Location

Glen Heathers Nursing Home, 48 Milvil Road, Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 9LX, England

SU 56276 01167

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 21216
Description: Brass plaque in white frame, bearing a fouled anchor at each side.
Inscription: ON THE 23RD NOVEMBER 1940, DURING A HEAVY NIGHT AIR ATTACK ON THE AREA / THIS BUILDING WHICH WAS USED AS ACCOMODATION FOR WRNS BASED AT / H.M.S. DAEDALUS, WAS A SCENE OF A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. / A STRAY ANTI- AIRCRAFT SHELL PENETRATED THE ROOF AND EXPLODED IN THE / DINING ROOM KILLING THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL / (Names) / THIS PLAQUE WAS DEDICATED TO THEIR MEMORY ON THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY / BY THE GOSPORT AVIATION SOCIETY

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, place of death, manner of death, date of death, rank, age
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: One name bears correction to age on brass overlay

Unveiled

23 November 1996

Mrs Patricia Brookman & Mrs Patricia Dymott

Dedicated

23 November 1996

Rev Peter Sutton of St.Faiths Church

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good