Memorial

Yangtze Incident

405 Yangtze Incident

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Current Location

Memorial is no. 405 in Blue Zone at far end of Yeomanry Avenue, near gravel works., National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 1822914731

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Avenue / Tree or grove
WMR Reference Number: 61721
Description: Circular planting of 48 Chinese euonymus plants commemorates each life lost during the Yangtze Incident Within the planting, a circular tablet of black polished granite with a dedicatory inscription in gold lettering on a four sided square base. The memorial is raised on a short round stone pillar. Trees planted to commemorate the four ships involved.
Inscription: On circular tablet "YANGTZE INCIDENT GROVE"/ COMMEMORATING/ THE LOSS OF OUR 46 SHIPMATES/ YANGTZE RIVER APRIL 1949/ "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"/ On 4 sides of base: HMS AMETHYST/ IN MEMORY OF 21 SHIPMATES KILLED IN 1949/ HMS CONSORT/HMS BLACK SWAN/ HMS LONDON/

Commemoration

War: Yangtse Incident (1949)

Conservation

Components

Avenue

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Pillar

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

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