Mercantile Marine Memorial


   LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear

 

 

Mercantile Marine Memorial, 

Tower Hill, London

Location:  Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London

Grid Reference:   

Erected:   12th December 1928

Cheltonians listed on this Memorial:  4

Visited:   November 2003

IWMWM Ref:   12636

 

Copyright and source –

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

Inscriptions on this Memorial:   1914 – 1918   To The Glory Of God And The Honour Of Twelve Thousand Of The Merchant Navy And Fishing Fleets Who Have No Grave But The Sea

4 Cheltonians are commemorated on this Memorial

Able Seaman Sidney Henry FLETCHER

Trinity House Pilot Reynolds Hamilton KITSON

Wireless Operator Ronald Edward LANE

Chief Steward Ernest MASON

Notes:

1.   Chatham Naval Memorial can be viewed here.

2.   Plymouth Naval Memorial can be seen here.

3.   Portsmouth Naval Memorial can be viewed here.

4.   Roll of Honour of Cheltonians Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With The Mercantile Marine.

 

 

Page last updated:  14th December 2008

 

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