Memorial

Liverpool Pier Head - Chinese Merchant Seamen

The tablet

Source: Copyright James Wang

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Current Location

Pier Head, George's Parade, Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 1BY, England

SJ 33826 90123

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 62862
Description: Polished black marble tablet with gilded incised inscription in English and Chinese. One of a number of plaques and tablets attached to the Portland stone walls of square plinth which stands in a group of Naval memorials along the river wall South of the Mersey Ferries terminal building.
Inscription: TO THE CHINESE MERCHANT SEAMEN/ WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY WELL/ DURING BOTH WORLD WARS/ FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THIS COUNTRY - THANK YOU/ TO THE MANY CHINESE MERCHANT SEAMEN/ WHO AFTER BOTH WORLD WARS/ WERE REQUIRED TO LEAVE/ FOR THEIR WIVES AND PARTNERS/ WHO WERE LEFT IN IGNORANCE/ OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MEN/ FOR THE CHILDREN/ WHO NEVER KNEW THEIR FATHERS/ THIS IS A SMALL REMINDER OF WHAT TOOK/ PLACE. WE HOPE NOTHING LIKE IT WILL EVER/ HAPPEN AGAIN/ FOR YOUR MEMORY/ 23RD JANUARY 2006 (Note: This is only part of the inscription, the rest is a form of protest written in Chinese lettering).

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good