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    Memorial

    HMS Worcester Cadets WW2

    Source: Copyright Joyce Wallis

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    Current Location

    In crypt on wall opposite WW1 memorial (record 11627), All Hallows by the Tower Church, Byward Street, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC3R 5BJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 33388 80687

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    57688
    Description
    Bronze wall tablet with a cable border interrupted in each corner by a square sunk panel containing an anchor. Above the inscription, applied at the centre onto the border, is the large brass badge of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College. The inscription is in raised roman caps with the names arranged in five columns separated by four fleur-de-lys headed fillets. The final line of the inscription is in sloped caps and l/c with a patée cross after the word “trod”. The flag of HMS Worcester is mounted alongside the plaque.
    Inscription
    1939-1945/ IN HONOURED AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ OUR COMRADES WHO SERVED AT SEA ON LAND AND IN THE AIR AND LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ THAT MEN MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE AND FREEDOM./ (NAMES)/ "These were His servants, in His steps they trod Following through death the martyred Son of God."
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    160
    Died
    160
    Information shown
    Initials and surname
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    Maker(s)
    • George Mansell of London, Designer

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    19/03/1947

    Air Marshal Sir Fred Bowhill

    Dedicated

    19/03/1947

    DEAN OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL. Rt Rev T.Crick, late chaplain of the Fleet

    Previous Location(s)

    Ship was moored in the Thames off Greenhithe, HMS Worcester (Ship), Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent, DA9, England

    Year of move

    1968

    Reason for move

    When the college ship closed in 1968

    Custodian
    The Church and the Association of old Worcesters

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 1000mm

    Width: 1050mm

    Depth: 30mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • https://wmr.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/hms_worcester_memorials_0.pdf