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The Chatham Naval Memorial
Image by Gordon T Lawson
The Three Royal Naval Memorials to the Missing
After the end of the First World War there was a need for memorials to be erected to remember those men whose deaths had occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided and an Admiralty committee recommended that the three "manning ports" in Great Britain, Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth should each have an identical memorial in the form of an obelisk, which would also serve as a landmark for shipping.
Sir Robert Lorimer was chosen as the architect and Henry Poole was commissioned to carry out the sculptural work.
After the Second World War, the three memorials were enlarged to remember the missing in that conflict and here Sir Edward Maufe was the architect and Charles Wheeler and William McMillan shared the sculptural work with additional work at Portsmouth being done by the sculptor Esmond Burton .
CHATHAM
The Chatham memorial sits atop Kings Bastion high above Chatham.
Henry Poole sculpted the features at the top of the obelisk being representations of the four winds these placed above the prows of four ships. It is a pity that the sheer height of the obelisk makes it difficult to appreciate Poole's bronzes fully but they are fine works. At the very top of the obelisk a large copper sphere represents the globe and at the base of the obelisk the names of the missing are listed on bronze plaques these arranged year by year from 1914 to 1918. Around the base of the obelisk are four lions couchant.
The addition to the memorial to remember the Second World War consists of a semi circular gated wall around the central obelisk and two shelters. Charles Wheeler sculpted the fine figures of two Royal Naval Sailors on either side of the wrought iron gates through which one enters the memorial, and a Royal Marine and a Gunner of the Maritime Regiment of Royal Artillery positioned by the two shelters were sculpted by William McMillan. Wheeler was also responsible for some splendid reliefs on the outside pediments of the shelters.
The inscription on the memorial reads:-
"IN HONOUR OF THE NAVY AND TO THE ABIDING MEMORY OF THOSE/RANKS AND RATINGS OF THIS PORT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE AND HAVE NO OTHER GRAVE THAN THE SEA"
Over 8,500 names of the missing of the First World War are listed around the obelisk, and over 10,000 names of men lost at sea in the Second World War are inscribed on the semi-circular wall.
The central obelisk was unveiled by HRH The Prince of Wales in April 1924 and in October 1952 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled the Second World War extension.
On their excellent "DocumentsOnline", The National Archives have now included the service records of many of the men whose names would appear on the plaques at the base of the obelisk.
ADM 159 has been digitalised and features the records of men who served in The Royal Marine Light Infantry and ADM 139 and ADM 188 feature the records of men who served in the Royal Navy from 1853 to 1923.
Further digitalisations include ADM 159 which features the Service records of those who joined the Royal Marines between 1842 and 1936, ADM 339 which features the Service records of officers and men who joined the Royal Naval Division from 1914-1919. Also digitised is ADM196 which covers the Service records of officers who joined the Royal Navy between 1756 and 1917 and ADM 337 which covers the Service records of those who served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the First World War.
PORTSMOUTH
The memorial at Portsmouth commemorates 9,667 sailors of the First World War and 14,918 of the Second World War, and again the names of the former are arranged around the obelisk and of the latter around the walls of the extension. The memorial is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the promenade. As with Chatham and Plymouth we have Lorimer's obelisk.
Wheeler and McMillan's works at Portsmouth had become badly worn and replicas have been made and they now look very sharp no doubt as they would have looked after Wheeler and McMillan's carving!
The Portsmouth memorial was unveiled on the 16th October 1924 by HRH The Duke of York and HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother dedicated the Second World War extension on the 29th April 1953.
PLYMOUTH
The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. In addition to commemorating seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth, the First World War panels also bears the names of sailors from Australia and South Africa; the Governments of the other Commonwealth nations chose to commemorate their dead elsewhere, for the most part on memorials in their home ports. After the Second World War, Canada and New Zealand again chose commemoration at home, but the memorial at Plymouth commemorates sailors from all other parts of the Commonwealth. Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates 7,251 sailors of the First World War and 15,933 of the Second World War.
The memorial again features Lorimer's central obelisk with an extension to cover the Second World War, again designed by Maufe with sculptural work by Wheeler and McMillan.
The Plymouth memorial was unveiled in July 1924 by HRH Prince George and the dedication of the Second World War extension was carried out by HRH Princess Margaret in May 1954.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Image by Gordon T Lawson
The Three Royal Naval Memorials to the Missing
After the end of the First World War there was a need for memorials to be erected to remember those men whose deaths had occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided and an Admiralty committee recommended that the three "manning ports" in Great Britain, Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth should each have an identical memorial in the form of an obelisk, which would also serve as a landmark for shipping.
Sir Robert Lorimer was chosen as the architect and Henry Poole was commissioned to carry out the sculptural work.
After the Second World War, the three memorials were enlarged to remember the missing in that conflict and here Sir Edward Maufe was the architect and Charles Wheeler and William McMillan shared the sculptural work with additional work at Portsmouth being done by the sculptor Esmond Burton .
CHATHAM
The Chatham memorial sits atop Kings Bastion high above Chatham.
Henry Poole sculpted the features at the top of the obelisk being representations of the four winds these placed above the prows of four ships. It is a pity that the sheer height of the obelisk makes it difficult to appreciate Poole's bronzes fully but they are fine works. At the very top of the obelisk a large copper sphere represents the globe and at the base of the obelisk the names of the missing are listed on bronze plaques these arranged year by year from 1914 to 1918. Around the base of the obelisk are four lions couchant.
The addition to the memorial to remember the Second World War consists of a semi circular gated wall around the central obelisk and two shelters. Charles Wheeler sculpted the fine figures of two Royal Naval Sailors on either side of the wrought iron gates through which one enters the memorial, and a Royal Marine and a Gunner of the Maritime Regiment of Royal Artillery positioned by the two shelters were sculpted by William McMillan. Wheeler was also responsible for some splendid reliefs on the outside pediments of the shelters.
The inscription on the memorial reads:-
"IN HONOUR OF THE NAVY AND TO THE ABIDING MEMORY OF THOSE/RANKS AND RATINGS OF THIS PORT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE AND HAVE NO OTHER GRAVE THAN THE SEA"
Over 8,500 names of the missing of the First World War are listed around the obelisk, and over 10,000 names of men lost at sea in the Second World War are inscribed on the semi-circular wall.
The central obelisk was unveiled by HRH The Prince of Wales in April 1924 and in October 1952 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled the Second World War extension.
On their excellent "DocumentsOnline", The National Archives have now included the service records of many of the men whose names would appear on the plaques at the base of the obelisk.
ADM 159 has been digitalised and features the records of men who served in The Royal Marine Light Infantry and ADM 139 and ADM 188 feature the records of men who served in the Royal Navy from 1853 to 1923.
Further digitalisations include ADM 159 which features the Service records of those who joined the Royal Marines between 1842 and 1936, ADM 339 which features the Service records of officers and men who joined the Royal Naval Division from 1914-1919. Also digitised is ADM196 which covers the Service records of officers who joined the Royal Navy between 1756 and 1917 and ADM 337 which covers the Service records of those who served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the First World War.
PORTSMOUTH
The memorial at Portsmouth commemorates 9,667 sailors of the First World War and 14,918 of the Second World War, and again the names of the former are arranged around the obelisk and of the latter around the walls of the extension. The memorial is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the promenade. As with Chatham and Plymouth we have Lorimer's obelisk.
Wheeler and McMillan's works at Portsmouth had become badly worn and replicas have been made and they now look very sharp no doubt as they would have looked after Wheeler and McMillan's carving!
The Portsmouth memorial was unveiled on the 16th October 1924 by HRH The Duke of York and HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother dedicated the Second World War extension on the 29th April 1953.
PLYMOUTH
The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. In addition to commemorating seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth, the First World War panels also bears the names of sailors from Australia and South Africa; the Governments of the other Commonwealth nations chose to commemorate their dead elsewhere, for the most part on memorials in their home ports. After the Second World War, Canada and New Zealand again chose commemoration at home, but the memorial at Plymouth commemorates sailors from all other parts of the Commonwealth. Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates 7,251 sailors of the First World War and 15,933 of the Second World War.
The memorial again features Lorimer's central obelisk with an extension to cover the Second World War, again designed by Maufe with sculptural work by Wheeler and McMillan.
The Plymouth memorial was unveiled in July 1924 by HRH Prince George and the dedication of the Second World War extension was carried out by HRH Princess Margaret in May 1954.
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