- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 22803
- Description
- Column with arms protruding from it. Bronze plaques on the four sides of the column. At each corner there are bronze dolphins, with the whole standing on an octagonal base. Adjacent to the memorial is a kerbed small garden of Remembrance containing a flower planter and a dedicatory tablet.
- Inscription
- Face 1 upper plaque: IHS / TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE OFFICERS AND/ MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL/ RESERVE & ROYAL NAVAL/ VOLUNTEER RESERVE/ SERVING IN THE AUXILIARY/ PATROL & MINESWEEPERS/ AT HARWICH WHO DIED IN/ THE PERFORMANCE OF/ THEIR DUTIES THAT THE/ SEAS MIGHT BE MADE FREE/ Twilight and evening bell,/ and after that the dark! and may there be no sadness of farewell,/ when I embark;/ For tho' from out our borne of time and place/ the flood may bear me far./ I hope to see my pilot face to face/ when I have crossed the bar./
THE BROTHER OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE HARWICH/ AUXILIARY PATROL AND MINESWEEPER SUBSCRIBED/ TO ERECT THIS MEMORIAL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR/ COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919
Face 1 lower plaque: ERECTED 1919/ REAR ADMIRAL CECIL S HICKLEY M.V.O/ SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER/ CAPTAIN THOMAS J S LYNE RN D.S.O./ PORT MINESWEEPING OFFICER
Face 2: H.M. TRAWLER JAPAN MINED 16 AUGUST 1915/ (4 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER NADINE MINED 1 SEPTEMBER 1915/ (9 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER MALTA MINED 1 SEPTEMBER 1915/ (7 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER RESONO MINED 26 DECEMBER 1915/ (13 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER AMEER MINED 16 MARCH 1916/ (9 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER LORD ROBERTS MINED 26 OCTOBER 1916/ (9 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER TERVANI MINED 5 DECEMBER 1916/ (15 Names)
Face 3: H.M. TRAWLER BURNLEY MINED 26 NOVEMBER 1916/ (19 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER HOLDENE MINED 2 FEBRUARY 1917/ (7 Names)/ H.M. DRIFTER FORWARD III MINED 3 MARCH 1917/ (10 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER AGILE MINED 27 APRIL 1917/ (4 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER KELVIN MINED 7 JULY 1917/ (4 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER EROS MINED 5 SEPTEMBER 1917/ (2 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER STRYMON MINED 27 OCTOBER 1917/ (11 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER JOHN E LEWIS MINED 16 JANUARY 1918/ (2 Names)
Face 4: H.M. PADDLE MINESWEEPER MERCURY DAMAGED BY/ MINE 7 JUNE 1917/ (2 Names)/ H.M. PADDLE MINESWEEPER QUEEN OF THE NORTH/ MINED 20 JULY 1917/ (29 Names)/ H.M. PADDLE MINESWEEPER MARSA SUNK 17 NOVEMBER 1917/ (1 Name)/ H.M. TRAWLER NUMITOR MINED 20 APRIL 1918/ (5 Names)/ H.M. TURBINE SWEEPER ST SERIOL [sic] MINED 25 APRIL 1918/ (12 Names)/ H.M. TRAWLER ACHILLES 11 MINED 26 JUNE 1918/ (13 Names)
Garden of Remembrance tablet: GARDEN OF/ REMEMBRANCE/ LEST WE FORGET
