Memorial
HMS Hood
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 26545
- Description
- FRAMED SHIPS CREST, PHOTO OF HMS HOOD AND BRASS PLAQUE ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON A MEMORIAL BENCH IN NOTHE GARDENS. The War Memorials Trust have been trying to trace the memorial since 2016- it is no longer in the Borough Council Offices, the Council believe it is in the Museum, but they cannot trace it either.
- Inscription
- HMS HOOD (DETAILS UNKNOWN)
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Maintenance History
- AFTER REMOVAL FROM MEMORIAL SEAT PLAQUE WAS POLISHED AND MOUNTED ON OAK, ALONG WITH SHIP'S CREST AND PHOTOGRAPH
Ceremonies
Unveiled
8 October 1999 at 11:00
Fred White former crewman, Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Cllr Tina Roebuck
Previous Location(s)
Weymouth Borough Council Offices, Weymouth, Weymouth And Portland, Dorset, DT4 8NG, England
OS Grid Reference
SY 67827 79141
Nothe Gardens, Weymouth, Weymouth And Portland, Dorset, England
Year of move
1982
Reason for move
ORIGINAL BRASS PLAQUE ON MEMORIAL SEAT REPLACED BY MORE WEATHER RESISTANT ONE
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Missing
- https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97640/ [accessed 5 June 2020]
- "NAVY NEWS" December 1999
- Weymouth Borough Council Press Release 28 September 1999