Memorial
HMS Gibraltar 1896 - 1899 Commission
Current Location
St Mary's Church, junction of Fratton Road and St Mary's Road, Kingston Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 5PA, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 65189 00850
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 21541
- Description
- ORNAMENTAL FRAME AND TABLET with an INSET SHIPS CREST and the CASTLE AND THE KEY OF GIBRALTAR above the text and a FOULED ANCHOR BELOW
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF H.M.S. GIBRALTAR IN/ MEMORY OF THEIR SHIP-MATES WHO DIED/ DURING THE COMMISSION COMMENCING JAN. 14 1896 ENDING MAR 10 1899/ (names)/ THEN ARE THEY GLAD BECAUSE THEY ARE AT REST AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM/ UNTO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 13
- Died
- 13
- Information shown
- surname , rank, service, forename
- Order of names
- surname
Components
- Frame
Made from: Alabaster
Condition: Good
- BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SAUNDERS, DAVID 99 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1996 SPARKFORD More info may be found here https://memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk/churches/st_marys/gibraltar.htm