Memorial

HMS Welshman

41063a

Source: Copyright Pam Mills

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Current Location

North aisle window 8, St George’s Centre, Pembroke Road, Chatham, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, 'ME4 4UH, England

TQ 76420 69510

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 41063
Description: Two cast plaques on a wooden backboard with a separate plaque on a wooden backboard beneath. And a coloured glass aisle window.
Inscription: Top plaque:- Dedicated to the men of the Fast Minelayer / H.M.S. WELSHMAN / who gave their lives on 1st Feburary 1943 // Unveiled in their memory by the survivors / and relatives on the 30th October 1993 Middle plaque:- (Names) Lower plaque:- WOUNDED RAF PERSONNEL LOST ON / H.M.S. WELSHMAN // (Names) // WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 166
Died: 166
Information shown: Surname, initial----- RAF plaque - rank, initial, surname
Order of names: Surname ------ RAF plaque - rank

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

St. George's Centre - A Guide to the memorials. Published Medway Council.
Stained Glass Windows at St. George's Centre (ex St. George's ch) - http://www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=20597