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    Memorial

    HMS Conway - WW1

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    Current Location

    Birkenhead Priory, Priory Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 5JH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 32807 88575

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    7015
    Description
    Nowy-headed bronze plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard. Incised inscription with names in relief in four columns. Surmounted by a bronze figure of winged Victory and contains the school crest and motto.
    Inscription
    ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ (Names)/ QUIT YE LIKE MEN BE STRONG
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    161
    Died
    161
    Information shown
    Surname, forename initials, decorations
    Order of names
    Alphabetically
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Surname, forename initials, decorations
    Maintenance History
    Cleaning of surfaces to enhance the legibility of names.

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    October 1973

    Unknown

    Previous Location(s)

    • HMS Conway School Chapel, Plas Newydd, Anglesey, Gwynedd, LL61 6DZ, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SH 52078 69584

    Year of move

    3 March 1995.

    Reason for move

    School closed in 1974. Tempoarily displayed at Birkenhead Town Hall, pending move to Priory.

  • HMS Conway, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales

    Year of move

    c 1953-56

    Reason for move

    Ship was wrecked in Menai Straits in 1953 and destroyed by fire in 1956

  • Custodian
    Chester County Council

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 1500 mm

    Width: 750 mm


    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good