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    Memorial

    HMS Conway - WW2

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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
    7016
    Description
    Carved oak board with incised inscription with carved statue of Victory standing on a ships prow holding a wreath by her side poitioned in the upper centre board set within a carved niche. Decorative border along top of board with relief of fruit and leaves. The badges of the Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force are positioned at the corners. Names in four columns, two on each side of central panel, on which is carved the crest of the HMS Conway
    Inscription
    Side Panels: (Names) Central Panel: QUIT YE LIKE MEN/ BE STRONG/ ROLL OF/ HONOUR/ WORLD/ WAR/ 1939 - 1945
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    170
    Died
    170
    Information shown
    Surname, forename initials, decorations
    Order of names
    Alphabetically
    Costs
    £708 11s 6d

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    20 June 1949

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse KCB, DSO, AFC

    Dedicated

    20 June 1949

    Bishop of Bangor

    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 was closed in 1974. Temporarily displayed at Birkenhead Town Hall pending installation in HMS Conway chapel at Birkenhead Priory

  • Lower deck, HMS Conway, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales

    Year of move

    c 1953-56

    Reason for move

    HMS Conway was wrecked in the Menai Straits in 1953 and destroyed by fire in 1956.

  • Custodian
    Chester County Council

    Components

    Board

    Height: 1000 mm

    Width: 1500 mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • The Cadet, August 1949