Memorial
No. 1 Pilot Boat
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Current Location
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 4UQ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 30916 88059
Names
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 1966
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque set on a wooden backboard with a decorative, celtic border. At the top there is an engraving of an anchor and at the bottom a pilot boat. Names are listed in two columns with the lettering in black.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ PILOTS/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ IN THE DISASTER TO NO1 BOAT WHICH WAS SUNK/ BY ENEMY ACTION AT THE BAR ON DECEMBER 28TH 1917/ [Names]/IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE PILOTS/8 APPRENTICES.2 ENGINEERS,3 FIREMEN, 1 COOK/2 EXAMINATION OFFICERS, 2 SIGNALMEN/AND 2 MARCONI OPERATORS ALSO PERISHED/IN THE DISASTER
- War
- First World War - civilians
- Number Commemorated
- 19
- Died
- 19
- Information shown
- Forename, surname, rank
- Order of names
- Rank
- Maker(s)
MESSRS FAZAKERLY OF LIVERPOOL, Manufacturer
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
- Backboard
Made from: Wood