Memorial
HMS Salisbury
Brass plaque commemorating HMS Salisbury
Source: Copyright Clive Farmer
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Current Location
Near Silver Street and Minstrel Street, St Thomas and St Edmund Church, 8, Market Square, Salisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1BA, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 14332 29984
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 24083
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK PAINTED UPPER-CASE LETTERING. SINGLE LINE BORDER AROUND THE EDGE
- Inscription
- IN PROUD RECOGNITION OF/ H.M.S. "SALISBURY" (FORMERLY USS "CLAXTON")/ COMMISSIONED 5TH DECEMBER 1940 ADOPTED/ BY THIS CITY JANUARY 1941 AND SERVED /CONTINUALLY ON ATLANTIC CONVOY/ DUTIES UNTIL PAID OFF IN HALIFAX/ CANADA 10TH DECEMBER 1943./ "LET US PRAISE FAMOUS MEN"
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Custodian
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
Components
- Backboard
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Height: 250mm
Width: 430mm
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 100046
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